| Are they going to wake up and do something about the society that produces this sort of thing? Or are they just going to write it off as an aberration? My guess is the latter... |
The grisly slaying this week of a 13-year-old Kuwaiti girl by her father as her siblings watched has sent shockwaves across the emirate. The father, a 38-year-old government employee identified as Adnan Al-Enezi, killed his daughter, Asma, because he thought she was not a virgin. Forensic examinations later proved his suspicions false. Al-Enezi has confessed to murdering his eldest daughter for "improper" behavior. The public prosecutor was investigating the mental health of Al-Enezi before filing charges.
| He's a nut, but not that kind of a nut... |
The man blindfolded and handcuffed the child before committing the crime late Tuesday as she begged for her life, Al-Rai Al-Aam reported. After slashing the girl's throat a first time, the father then used a sharper blade as his daughter screamed in pain, bleeding, as her two brothers and a sister were forced to watch, the daily added.
| This was his child? I used to feel bad when I spanked my kids... |
According to press reports, Al-Enezi was separated from his wife two months ago. During the investigation, Al-Enezi told police that he was jailed in Saudi Arabia for 18 months for his extremist activities before he returned to Kuwait a year ago.
| That probably had more to do with it than being separated from his wife. |
He also said that he had established relations with militants, such as Jaber Al-Jalahema and Fouad Al-Rifae, and expressed his support for jihad.
| So it was really a very wahhabi thing to do... |
"The murder report was the talk of the town in Kuwait especially after people learned that forensic tests proved the girl was still a virgin and that she had not suffered any sexual assault," Al-Arabiya channel reported.
| What if she hadn't been a virgin? Would she have still deserved to be slaughtered like a sheep? |
"I was shocked when I saw documents presented by the girl's uncle showing that she had won an award for the memorization of Qur'an and excellence in studies," said Osama Al-Manawer, an attorney who described the murder as appalling. The girl's mother had also won a best mother prize for bringing up her children, including the slain girl, in the right manner and in accordance with Islamic teachings. "What frightens me most is the mere knowledge that the killer of this good girl was her own father," the lawyer said.
| Just think of him as maybe a little more devout than most... |
Kuwait's Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported the man committed the crime while he was mentally sound. "He has been answering queries of investigators without expressing any regret. He was found eating food greedily during the investigation," the daily reported, quoting security sources. The man had taken leave from a government department to complete his higher studies in Jordan, one report said. |