Justice for Shaima Alawadi- The Sentence

Shaima Alawadi-Victim of an honor killing


Kassim Alhimidi has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for the beating death of his wife, Shaima Alawadi in El Cajon, California.

http://www.10news.com/news/iraqi-man-could-get-life-in-prison-in-wifes-beating-death

This was the case that CAIR initially exploited to begin a "hijad and hoodie" campaign to protest alleged attacks against Muslims due to the fact that Alhimidi had tried to mask his crime by staging it as a hate crime against Muslims.

I note that the son, who had objected with profanities in court at the verdict, has apologized to the judge. Yet what strikes me is that he has not deserted his father for killing their mother. When the verdict was announced, the son yelled that it was "BS". Now he forgives his father. Unless he learned something between the verdict and now, something doesn't jive. The daughter's reaction to the verdict had been mild. She expressed sadness at the act that "they now believed their father committed" ( I am paraphrasing.) The statement read at the sentencing was stronger. Yet I vividly recall her after the murder being interviewed by the media behind big sunglasses and lecturing us about Islamophobia. Indeed, it seems only Alawadi's blood relatives have expressed satisfaction at the father's conviction.