Saturday, April 11, 2009

Islam Is Insulted By Alleged Child-Killer's Mug Shot, But Not, Apparently, By The Killing Itself

WHICH SHE CONFESSED TO!


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Yes, but what does he think of the crime?

Was Islam "insulted" by the child killing?

"Islam 'insulted' by alleged child killer's mug shot, says husband," by Kim Janssen for theSouthtown Star, April 10 (thanks to Sarah):

The police booking photo of alleged child killer Nour Hadid released Tuesday is an "insult against our religion," says Hadid's husband, Alaeddin.

Orland Park police detectives say the 26-year-old Muslim woman was treated as any other suspect in a murder probe would be, and they did not intend to humiliate her when they photographed her Sunday without her headscarf and wearing only a skimpy top.

Nour Hadid is accused of beating her 2-year-old niece Bhia Hadid to death over four days at her home on the 9000 block of West 140th Street. The child had 55 separate bruises and was beaten "from head to toe," according to prosecutors, who say Hadid confessed.

But Alaeddin Hadid - who insists his wife is innocent

She confessed; see below.

- said Orland Park police are "really going to be in big trouble" for releasing the woman's booking photo to the news media after she was charged with first-degree murder.

The Hadids are Muslims and Nour "never leaves the home without covering up," said Alaeddin, who's vowed to sue.

By custom, some practicing Muslim women wear the hijab, or headscarf, and cover their arms and legs when in public.

In the mug shot, a bare-headed and obviously emotional Nour appears to be protecting her modesty with her hands.

"It is against our religion; we do not do this in our culture," Alaeddin said.

"People have been calling me about this all day."...

Orland Park police Cmdr. Chuck Doll said the mug shot was taken "for identification purposes" before Hadid made her confession. Her headscarf was handed back to her after the photo was taken, Doll said.

"A matron was with her at all times while she was in our custody," Doll said. A matron is a law enforcement official who works with women held in custody. "She was wearing a tank top, and she had the headscarf when she was interviewed."

The headscarf later was taken from her after she made suicide threats, he said.

A sobbing Hadid appeared without the headscarf at the Bridgeview courthouse Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Cermak Medical Center at the Cook County Jail, where she remains on suicide watch.

Police have said her husband's possible involvement in Bhia's death still is under investigation....

And -- surprise, surprise! -- here come the unindicted co-conspirators:

Islamic advocacy groups seem wary of taking up Hadid's cause.

Spokesmen for the Council on Islamic American Relations, the Islamic Society of North America and the Bridgeview Mosque Foundation all declined to comment Thursday.

But Dr. Mohammed Sahloul, chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Chicago, said that while police should follow the usual procedures with all defendants, "they should respect the modesty of the accused."

Sahloul, who made it clear he was not aware of the Hadid case and was speaking in general terms about the hijab, pointed out that Muslim women are allowed to wear hijabs in photos for their state IDs.

"If it's for the purposes of identification and they cover in public, then that's going to be more effective in identifying them anyway," he said.

Former chairman Kareem Irfan said, "It's particularly humiliating because she appears to be in her underwear.

13 comments:

Damien said...

Pastorius,

As if we needed another reason to oppose the Council on American Islamic Relations. (You mean them, when you say, Council on Islamic American Relations, right?)

also,
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Sahloul, who made it clear he was not aware of the Hadid case and was speaking in general terms about the hijab, pointed out that Muslim women are allowed to wear hijabs in photos for their state IDs.
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If that includes things like the Burka, no they should not be allowed to wear them in ID photos, regardless of what their religion says. IDs are so people can recognize you, what good is an ID photo, if your face is covered?

Damien said...

Christine,

Yeah, women can be mean, but women usually aren't as violent as men, and that includes criminals. She might be lucky to be a women in this case. I don't think she'll have as hard a time in a woman's prison. But I still don't think she'll like it.

Christine said...

I was watching this show on the National Geographic channel about prisons. On the one about women's prisons, they talked to one woman who was beaten really bad.

She was about 6 mos pregnant. When they atarted beating her, she was crying that she was pregnant. They said, "Bitch, you ain't pregnant in the face". So yes, as they were stating in the show. Women's prisons have gotten really violent.

Also, there are a lot of violent rapes in the women's prisons too.

Sure keeps me out of trouble.

Damien said...

Christine,

There are a lot of violent rapes in women's prison? By the male guards or by the other women who are locked up behind bars?

Christine said...

By other women behind bars.

Damien said...

Christine,

Well at least Lesbian rape doesn't cause unwanted pregnancies.

Christine said...

No. But it is still extremely tramatic.

And, the rapes by the male guards do cause pregnancies.

Seems society is more aware of what goes on in the males prisons.

Christine said...

Well anyway's, that woman is going to have a hell of a lot more to worry about in prison, than some silly headscarf.

Serves her right. She killed a baby by beating it for God's sake. She get's what she deserves.

Damien said...

Christine,

I agree, her behavior was unexceptionable.

Epaminondas said...

Ignore everything.
She's nothing.
Islam is nothing.
Before the law it doesn't matter
Right thru the system however it works for everyone else.

The police have it correctly.
We don't know.
IT'S A MUG SHOT.

Pastorius said...

I'll bet what happened here is that the baby dishonored her family by thighing with some man who was not a member of the family.

Damien said...

Pastorius,

When you wrote, "Council on Islamic American Relations" did you mean "Council on American Islamic Relations?" I'm sorry to ask the question again, but I'm kind of confused as to who exactly is doing the complaining.

Anonymous said...

Shiva, she did wear a face rag in the other pic I saw of her.