NOOR FALEH ALMALEKI DIES - FATHER'S CHARGES TO BE UPGRADED TO MURDER
2009 - 2 November - Monday - Noor Faleh Almaleki, age 20, has died.
Photo: Noor Faleh Almaleki
Why did Noor die? Because of her father's anger. For enjoying the very freedoms her father moved his family here to enjoy...correction, for him to enjoy, and his family to continue to adhere to his version of traditional Iraqi values.
Mid-1990's - Faleh Hassan Almaleki moves his family from Iraq to the Glendale, Arizona area.
ATTEMPTED MURDER
2009 - 20 October - Tuesday - Phoenix, Arizona - Noor Faleh Almaleki (20) is walking with a
friend, Amal Edan Khalaf (43), when her father, Faleh Hassan
Almaleki aims his Jeep Cherokee at the his daughtetr and crashes
the vehicle into both women.
The women are rushed to the hospital, Noor with life threatening
injuries, Amal Khalaf with non-life threatening injuries.
Noor remains in critical condition.
Family members claim that Falah Almaleki is upset that his daughter is becoming too
"Westernized" and not living according to "his" traditional Iraqi values.
2009 - 30 October - Faleh Hassan Almaleki is arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, after having flown
to Britain where he was turned away by authorities (who denied him entrance
into the country) and is sent back to the U.S.
MURDER
2009 - 2 November - Monday - Noor Faleh Almaleki (20) dies from injuries incurred October
20, 2009, when her father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki drove his
vehicle at her and a friend.
Charges will be upgraded to murder.
Photo: Faleh Hassan Almaleki
UPDATE: 5 November 2009 - Almaleki has been placed on suicide watch.
I doubt it's because of Noor's death, but because he's been jailed, and because of the charges.
I live very very close to where this horror occurred, and the justifiable outrage in our community is THICK. This monster will forever be looking over his shoulder and wondering when the "westernized" people will get the justice that Noor so justly deserves. This is disgraceful.
Unfortunately, for the many girls like Noor, out there with a father, brother, uncle, or indeed an entire family of the mindset that Noor's father exhibits, the fact that Almaleki will receive justice in our legal system won't stop the others from continuing to force their daughters, nieces, into unwanted marriages, or to kill them for perceived "honor" slights.
