Texas parents beat, poured hot cooking oil on daughter for refusing arranged marriage

[happycow]

In my own state. Unfuckingbelievable....

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3895613

The parents of a 16-year-old Texas girl were arrested Friday for allegedly pouring hot cooking oil on her body after she refused an arranged marriage, authorities said.

Abdulah Fahmi Al Hishmawi, 34, and Hamdiyah Saha Al Hishmawi, 33, are accused of physically abusing their daughter, Maarib Al Hishmawi, who has been reported missing since Jan. 30.

“The only way that this young lady could bring an end to this abuse was to verbally agree to become a party to this marriage,” Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Friday.

Maarib’s parents beat her with broomsticks, choked her until she was unconscious, and poured hot oil on her because she did not want to get married, he added.

She was found safe in mid-March after being taken in by an organization. The teen was placed in Child Protective Services with her five siblings, the sheriff said. It wasn’t clear if her siblings were also abused.
Texas resident, Maarib Al Hishmawi, 16, was beaten by her parents after her refusal to agree to an arranged marriage. According to authorities the parents beat her with broomsticks and poured hot oil on her.
Texas resident, Maarib Al Hishmawi, 16, was beaten by her parents after her refusal to agree to an arranged marriage. According to authorities the parents beat her with broomsticks and poured hot oil on her. (Bexar County Sheriff's Office)

Talks about the arranged marriage started last year. Maarib, who was 15 at the time, was set to marry a man in another city in exchange for $20,000, Salazar said.

The family moved to the United States from Iraq two years ago, according to KSAT-TV.

Maarib’s parents face charges of continuous family violence. The man Maarib was supposed to marry could also face charges. The FBI is investigating the case.

[KMack]

Multi cultural enlightenment.

[StonyArabia]

They are from southern Iraq based on their surname, but arranged marriages are alien thing, it sadly came with Indo-Iranian influence in the region. Such behavior rarely happens in the Western regions of Iraq. It happens in the North but not in the West, where there is more Semitic and Arabian influence. Anyways arranged marriages are against Islamic teaching in the first place.

[Pahli]

They are from southern Iraq based on their surname, but arranged marriages are alien thing, it sadly came with Indo-Iranian influence in the region. Such behavior rarely happens in the Western regions of Iraq. It happens in the North but not in the West, where there is more Semitic and Arabian influence. Anyways arranged marriages are against Islamic teaching in the first place.

It mostly happens due to religious influence on culture coming from Islam, wake up you stupid bedouin. Women were treated like secondary humans among men back in the Islamic era and even til this day among most "moderate" muslim societies, men are treated much better than the women in the family. Stop blaming it on others, this wasn't and isn't part of our culture, its rare and is much more frequent in countries like Pakistan or India.

[happycow]

They are from southern Iraq based on their surname, but arranged marriages are alien thing, it sadly came with Indo-Iranian influence in the region. Such behavior rarely happens in the Western regions of Iraq. It happens in the North but not in the West, where there is more Semitic and Arabian influence. Anyways arranged marriages are against Islamic teaching in the first place.

Eh, personally I don't buy this. Arranged marriages are yet another one of those things that are supposedly against islamic teachings or not promoted by Islam yet is practiced all over the Arab world, because culture.

[StonyArabia]

Eh, personally I don't buy this. Arranged marriages are yet another one of those things that are supposedly against islamic teachings or not promoted by Islam yet is practiced all over the Arab world, because culture.

The Western region is Muslim, yet it does not happen there, Caucasians are Muslims and it does not happen there, Berbers are Muslims and it does not happen there. Yet it happens due to Indo-Iranian influence.

[Gangrel]

They are from southern Iraq based on their surname, but arranged marriages are alien thing, it sadly came with Indo-Iranian influence in the region. Such behavior rarely happens in the Western regions of Iraq. It happens in the North but not in the West, where there is more Semitic and Arabian influence. Anyways arranged marriages are against Islamic teaching in the first place.

LOL

[Pahli]

The Western region is Muslim, yet it does not happen there, Caucasians are Muslims and it does not happen there, Berbers are Muslims and it does not happen there. Yet it happens due to Indo-Iranian influence.

Stop being butthurt, it happens in Arabic countries free of "Indo-Iranian" influence. Every problem in your head is related to Iranians or Indo-Iranians, get fucking real please

This is equal to Saudis claiming Iran is supporting terrorism while Saudi Arabia is an innocent country.

[happycow]

The Western region is Muslim, yet it does not happen there, Caucasians are Muslims and it does not happen there, Berbers are Muslims and it does not happen there. Yet it happens due to Indo-Iranian influence.

But it does happen and happens far more frequently than you think. Certain things that have been allowed to take place under Islam have happened so often that it is near impossible to even separate the culture from the religion. Basically one in the same. the whole "but its culture!" argument doesn't mean anything anymore.

It's pretty common in the levant and I know plenty of women who have had arranged marriages. Even those who ended up in the Western world, had arranged marriages.