“Your honor, I was busy spitting on this uncovered kaffir woman when I accidentally ran over my daughter…”

Arizona: Accused Islamic honor murderer says he ran over his daughter by accident while spitting at another woman

Not guilty by reason of spittle! This utterly contemptible defense contradicts Almaleki’s earlier statement: in November 2009, the Arizona Republic reported (thanks to Pamela Geller) that, according to state prosecutor Stephanie Low, Faleh Almaleki admitted that he ran over his daughter on purpose: “By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family. This was an attempt at an honor killing.”

“Iraqi dad’s ‘spit’ defense in Ariz. ‘honor slay,’” by Rita Delfiner for AP, January 25 via JW:

A fanatical Iraqi-born Muslim charged with killing his beautiful daughter because she wanted to live a normal American life whined yesterday that he ran her over by accident — because he was concentrating on spitting at another woman.Faleh Almaleki — whose murder trial began in Phoenix — sent his Jeep crashing into daughter Noor Almaleki, 20, on Oct. 20, 2009, in a parking lot after she left his abusive home to live with her boyfriend’s family and refused an arranged marriage, officials said.

Prosecutors have called the woman’s death an “honor killing,” referring to a practice in some Islamic countries in which someone — often a woman who is believed to have shamed the family — is killed.

The unforgivable “shame” Noor brought on her father was a taste for fast food, texting her friends with the greeting “dude” and liking clothes from Forever 21, according to a report in Marie Claire magazine.

Almaleki’s lawyer said his client was only trying to demonstrate his disgust with the woman standing next to Noor — her boyfriend’s mother — and wound up hitting them both.

But a prosecutor said in opening remarks that Almaleki was so enraged by his daughter’s Westernization that he “revved and raced” his car directly at his child.

“Noor wanted to live her life like those her own age, but the defendant would not allow it,” said Laura Reckart.

After Almaleki moved in with her boyfriend’s family, her father told the dad that if Noor didn’t leave, “something bad was going to happen,” a court document said….

Noor was in a coma for two weeks before dying, while Khalaf survived.

Almaleki — who fled to Mexico, then London, where he was arrested — has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and leaving the scene of an accident.

Yes, after he “accidentally” ran over his daughter, he decided it was a perfect time for a vacation in Mexico and England.

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