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From the Daily Mail:
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Ynet News: Suspicion: Palestinian killed wife because she was carrying girl Police say West Bank Palestinian choked wife to death over ultrasound results; relatives say he was jealous of brother, who has nine sons Ali Waked Published: 05.13.10, 14:18...
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From Living Creatures: "There is an old joke: a wife returns home suddenly to find her husband in bed with another woman. Unfazed, the husband looks up from the sheets at her and, with great indignation, demands: Who are you going to believe? Me, or...
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'I've got a surprise for you': Husband blindfolds his wife.... and then chops off her fingers to stop her studying for a degree
From the Daily Mail:
A jealous husband is facing life in prison after chopping off his wife's fingers because she began studying for a degree without his permission.Rafiqul Islam, 30, blindfolded his wife Hawa Akhter, 21, and taped her mouth, telling her he was going to give her a surprise present.Instead he made her hold out her hand and cut off all five fingers. One of his relatives then threw Ms Akhter's fingers in the dustbin to ensure doctors could not reattach them.
Hawa Akhter has said she will continue her studies, despite the horrific attack
Mr Islam, who is a migrant worker in the United Arab Emirates, had warned his wife there would 'severe consequences' if she did not give up her studies.'After he came back to Bangladesh, he wanted to have a discussion with me,' Ms Akhter told The Times.'Suddenly, he blindfolded me and tied my hand. He also taped my mouth saying that he would give me some surprise gifts. But, instead he cut off my fingers.'
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Ynet News: Suspicion: Palestinian killed wife because she was carrying girl Police say West Bank Palestinian choked wife to death over ultrasound results; relatives say he was jealous of brother, who has nine sons Ali Waked Published: 05.13.10, 14:18...
- It Reminds Them Of Their Girlfriends?
SLATE has their "questions of the year" up. One of them is the following: I have a little goatee. Why do people in Arab countries—I've not noticed this in Paris or L.A., for example—insist on touching my beard, then taking the same hand and kissing...
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Yemen's anti-semitism continues to rear its ugly head: (IsraelNN.com) Moshe Nahari, a Torah teacher and a well-known figure in Yemen's Jewish community, was murdered on Thursday morning in Reida, a city north of the capital city, Sanaa. According...
- Who Are You Going To Believe? Me, Or Your Lying Eyes?
From Living Creatures: "There is an old joke: a wife returns home suddenly to find her husband in bed with another woman. Unfazed, the husband looks up from the sheets at her and, with great indignation, demands: Who are you going to believe? Me, or...
- Meeting The Sheikh
I mentioned the other day that a former Jamaat ul-Fuqra member has started his own blog, Shedding Some Light. Since then “Fuqra Hater” has been adding posts almost every day, and it is worth a trip over there to see what he has to say. This...