The parents of Shafilea Ahmed -- who believed their 17-year-old daughter had brought shame to the family for wanting to live a western lifestyle -- have been jailed for 25 years each, after being found guilty of her murder, the Washington Times website reports today (August 4, 2012).
Iftikhar Ahmed and his wife Farzana were convicted of the honor killing yesterday, following a three-month trial at Chester Crown Court in England.
The court had been told how the couple from the same village in rural Pakistan had jointly killed their daughter after claiming her behavior had brought the family into disrepute.
They had clashed with their eldest daughter over her westernized lifestyle and objected to her wearing the same clothes as her white friends, rather than traditional Pakistani dress.
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