Irving Imam Denounces Honor Killings after Sisters' Deaths

January 11, 2008

Author: ERIC AASEN and SAM HODGES

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/011208dnmethonorkillings.224909b.html

IRVING – The leader of an Irving mosque denounced honor killings Friday, saying they have no place in Islam.

Imam Zia Sheikh's comments came after speculation that two teenage sisters were victims of such a killing. Sarah and Amina Said were found shot to death in a taxi in Irving on New Year's Day.

The girls' father, Egyptian-born cab driver Yaser Said, is wanted in connection with the deaths. He reportedly was troubled by his daughters' relationships with boys.