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A shocking ‘honor killing’

For most of us, there is nothing so precious as our children.

We love them! We treasure them! We nurture them, sometimes even sacrificially. We may spoil them. We seek to guide them to “do well.” We honor them if they do. But we still embrace them even if they don’t.

Whatever happens, even if our offspring disappoint us as parents, they are still “our” beloved children.

So it is impossible for us to understand the shocking, tragic death of a daughter caused by her father in Phoenix.

A 50-year-old Iraqi immigrant, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, has been convicted of killing his daughter, Noor Almaleki, who was 20 — because he believed she had brought “dishonor” to the family!