My daughter deserved to die for falling in love is a truly heartwrenching story about the pain that can be caused by bad ideas.
It is the story of Rand Abdel-Qader, a 17yr old Iraqi girl. Rand was working as a volunteer helping displaced families when she came into contact with Paul, a young British soldier who was working to distribute water to Iraqi’s.
Young Rand became infatuated with Paul. Their relation never progressed past a few spoken words, because Rand’s father Abdel-Qader Ali beat her to death when he discovered her interest in the young soldier.
Rand’s mother Leila Hussein tried to stop her young daughter from being beaten to death. She called her sons Hassan and Haydar to stop their fathers violent outrage. Instead, they joined in the bloodlust and helped beat their young sister to death.
After the murder, Leila went into hiding. Unfortunately, she was found and gunned down in cold blood just a few weeks later.
And the murderers? The father was arrested and released within two hours. The other two murderers, Hassan and Haydar, were never arrested.
Islam means submission, but there are some whom mistakenly translate it to mean “peace.” Rand and Leila have found the peace of Islam.
Rand’s mother used to call her “Rose”, so this image is displayed in her honor.
Here is to Rose, whose love knew no boundaries and whose life was taken so young by those who know no love.
