General Duke Posted May 19, 2007 In the Name of Honor Conventional media outlets hardly covered the tragedy of the Iraqi girl named Dua Khalil Aswad. Dua's story is a significant example of the many horrible incidents that take place around us that don't necessarily become mainstream news. A quick search on the Internet will yield video footage of Dua, a 17 year-old dark-haired Yazidi Kurdish girl, being thrown to the ground by male members of her family and local religious leaders, who then mercilessly, kick and stone her to death. The incident was captured on a cell phone camera by one of many who gathered to kill her. Some threw stones, while others filmed the tragic incident. The scene looked too violent and confusing to be comprehended. I wonder what went through the minds of those that filmed Dua as she surrendered to her cruel murderers without the slightest bit of resistance. Could they have discouraged her murderers? It is her murderers who shared the footage of her stoning from cell phone to cell phone until it made its way to the internet making it an issue. Various circumstances surrounded Dua's ordeal. The Yazidi girl eloped with a Muslim boy after converting, which enraged her family and relatives. Her family persuaded her to return home convincing her that she had been forgiven. The girl was then ambushed on her way home by a group of up to 1000 men who were waiting for her. She was then brutally killed. In response to the murder, acts of reprisal took place against her Yazidi denomination, most prominently was the killing of 23 Yazidi workers by fundamentalist gunmen near Mosul. After that, fundamentalist websites posted pictures of the slain Yazidis with captions encouraging revenge against the so-called "devil-worshippers". The websites also praised Dua's faith, assuming that she was killed because of her conversion to Islam. The fundamentalist even claimed that the Yazidi girl can bee seen rising her forefinger to denote the pronunciation of the Shahada [the testimony of faith] before her death. Images of the girl's murder were the exact catalyst needed to fuel the frantic sectarian sentiments. Dua's murder went from being a horrible tribal crime into an issue of religious dispute. Websites of both Yazidi and fundamentalist Kurds have become a cyber space battle zone. But let us return to our main issue—Dua's tragedy. Dua is among the dozens of women killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in the name of "honor" using the most horrifying methods including being burned alive. This is an act of mass-murder that has become a frequent occurrence against many females, which is well documented. Some regard the practice of honor killings as a ritual that paves way to manhood by reaffirming the tribe's masculine identity at the expense of a life, in this case Dua's. Nobody tried to help Dua or alleviate her pain, but as she was being stoned and kicked, a man came and threw a jacket over the lower half of her body to cover her legs. For them, it is not shameful to cruelly kill a young girl, but it is shameful if her legs are revealed while she suffers unbearable agony source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted May 19, 2007 Gabar 17-jir Ah Oo Oo Dhagax Lagu Dilay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- London(Calanka.com) 18-May-2007 Qisadan foosha xun ayaa waxa ey ka dhacday magaalada Bashika ee waqooyiga dalka Ciraaq (Kurdistan) ka dib markii ey gabadha Du´a Khalil Aswad jeclaatay wiil Sunni muslin ah iyaduna ey eheyd ama haysatay diinta loo yaqaan Yezidi. Dhacdadan oo laga duubay cajal video ah ayaa waxa ka qeyb qaatay ilaa dhowr nin, waxaana dhoobnaa goobta dadweyne aad u fara badan isla markaana u riyaaqayay falka lagula ka cayey gabadhan yar ee dhibanaha aheyd. Gabadhan iyo wiilka ey isjeclaayeen ayaa waxa ey ka baxsadeen magaalooyinki ey daganaayeen si ey u badbaadiyaan jeceyl kooda oo ey u safreen magaalo kale oo ey ku dhuumaaleysanayeen balse ey soo heleen gabadha niman ey qaraabada gabadha usoo direen eyna soo qabteen. Arintan oo iminka baaritaan ey ku hayaan heyada HUMAN RIGHTS ee u dooda xuquuqda aadanaha ayaa si weyn u canbaareysay falkan, waxa eyna sheegeen in dhaqanka ceynkan ah laga mamnuucay waqooyiga Ciraaq (Kurdistan) sanadii 2002. HUMAN RIGHTS ayaa sidoo kale sheegtay in wali ey si xowli ah uga soconayaan falalka ceynkan oo kale ah halkaa, waana markii labaad mudo ka yar labo sano sidan oo kale loo dilo qof dumay ah. Calanka.com: - Isha wararka xaqiiqda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted May 19, 2007 Remember the Kurdish guy who killed his daughter in the UK? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted May 19, 2007 ^^^I do remmeber a few years back, he stabed her to death. The girl in the story was killed because of a mere rumour, that she intended to marry a Sunni Arab/Kurd boy. They killed her in public with police present and they video the whole thing using their mobiles. Disgusting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Centurion Posted May 19, 2007 I have had the ill-fortune of having come across the video in question A quick search on the Internet will yield video footage of Dua, a 17 year-old dark-haired Yazidi Kurdish girl, being thrown to the ground by male members of her family and local religious leaders, who then mercilessly, kick and stone her to death. She was not being stoned with pebbles, but with very large rocks, which cracked open her head. Whilst mindless savages were calmly capturing it on their mobiles. It is depressing to be reminded how utterly bestial humans can be. Nay, bestial is not the word, animals do not commit senseless acts of cruelty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted May 19, 2007 They showed clips of it on CNN, that was disturbing enough for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
