Arizona: Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing" Trial Starts November 29
Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/arizona-noor-almaleki-trial-nov-29/
In Arizona, the trial of Faleh Almaleki for the "honor killing" of
his 20 year old daughter in November 2009 has been scheduled to being on
November 29, 2010.
Arizona Republic states:
"A Glendale man accused of slaying his daughter in an 'honor killing'
is scheduled to stand trial later this year. Faleh Almaleki, an Iraqi
immigrant, is suspected of running down his daughter, 20-year-old Noor
Almaleki, for being 'too Westernized.' He was reportedly furious with
Noor for leaving her Iraqi husband, a cousin in an arranged marriage,
and returning to the United States. Police say Almaleki, 49, used his
Jeep Cherokee to run over his daughter and another woman in a Peoria
parking lot Oct. 20, 2009. Noor died of her injuries. The other victim,
Noor's boyfriend's mother, survived."
- Faleh Hassan Almaleki (Left) and Murdered Noor Faleh Almaleki (Right)
Also see R.E.A.L. public awareness campaign on religious supremacist basis for "honor killings" against Muslim women and girls.
R.E.A.L. Outreach to Public at CNN Washington DC on Religious Supremacist "Honor Killings"
See also previous R.E.A.L. reports on Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing" in Arizona in November 2009:
Arizona: Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing" -- New Report with Additional Interview, Facts
Arizona - Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father charged with murder may need mental exam
Arizona - Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father Charged With Murder
Arizona Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father Pleads "Not Guilty" in Murdering Daughter
Arizona – Noor Almaleki Case: Hearing for Father Accused in Honor Killing Canceled for Third Time
Arizona – Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Arraignment Delayed Again, Friends Start to Speak
Arizona: Terrorism Against Women -- Noor Almaleki Just Wanted To Be Normal
Arizona -- Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Hassan Almaleki Arraignment Delayed, On Suicide Watch
Arizona -- Noor Almaleki Honor Killing: Father To Be Arraigned, Face New Charges
Arizona: Woman in Suspected "Honor Killing" Dies -- 20 Year Old Noor Almaleki
Arizona -- Noor Almaleki Case: Arizona Jails Father in 'Honor Killing' Try
Arizona: Noor Almaleki's Lifestyle may have put woman in hospital
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Religious Pluralism Versus Religious Supremacism
R.E.A.L. supports the freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and
freedom of worship for all, as guaranteed by the nations of the world
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 18. Article 18 states:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and
freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or
private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice,
worship and observance." We view Article 18 as a fundamental necessity
to ensuring religious pluralism. We support such freedoms for all. We
also recognize that exclusivity in views on religion will exist, whether
such exclusivity is based a personal belief in the validity of only one
religion, or it is based on the belief in the equal validity of
multiple religions. Our support for religious freedom and pluralism is
not a challenge to any religion, but a promotion of religious freedom.
R.E.A.L.'s support for our universal human rights and pluralism, with
an emphasis on Article 18 of the UDHR, calls for such promotion of
religious pluralism, but recognizes the reality of those who seek to
defy our universal human rights with religious arguments. We reject
religious supremacist views that promote hate and intolerance. We
reject religious supremacist ideological arguments that seek to prevent
the universal human rights of all people, based on such arguments. We
reject religious supremacist views that seek to even prevent religious
freedom, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience for other human
beings, a painful reality that we see too often in the United States and
around the world.
Our definition of such views as religious "supremacism" is not about
denying the personal exclusivity of any religious path to our fellow
human beings, or the exercise or promotion of their religion as part of
their freedoms.
R.E.A.L. promotes religious pluralism, but in doing so, also
challenges those ideologies, groups, and activists who seek to promote a
religious "supremacist" view that seeks to consciously deny others
basic human rights, including the freedom of religion, freedom of
worship, and freedom of conscience necessary for religious pluralism.
In defense of such religious pluralism, we challenge extreme groups
that seek to use arguments that they call "Christian," "Islamic," or
another religious identification to deny others freedom of religion,
worship, and conscience, to call for hate, to call for violence, to
oppress women and minorities, to seek the destruction of our universal
human rights of equality and liberty. We reject anti-human rights views
as "Christian supremacism" or "Islamic supremacism," but we do not
attack or reject Christianity or Islam as a religion. Many of our
supporters are devout members of religious faiths and we respect those
faiths. Our human rights goals are the consistent defense of our
universal human rights. We recognize that religious supremacist views
are difficult and complex discussions. But we also know from history
that "white supremacist" views were once something Americans were
unwilling to define, discuss, or challenge. We believe that to be
honest in our commitment to pluralism, it is necessary to recognize the
existence of religious supremacist views that not only seek to undermine
pluralism, but also seek to undermine religious freedom and freedom of
conscience itself.
Our goal is to protect such religious freedoms for all faiths, based
on pluralist tolerance for our differences, and based on an
uncompromising defense of our Universal Human Rights.
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