Muslim Parents Arrested for Nearly Killing Daughter for Refusing Forced Marriage. Can You Guess What Country This Happened In?

By The Daily Wire. The parents of a 16-year-old Iraqi girl, Maarib Al Hishmawi, were arrested Friday for allegedly beating, choking, and burning their daughter after she refused to agree to a forced marriage.

This happened not in Baghdad or Mosul or Basra, but in San Antonio, Texas.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office reported that Abdulah Fahmi Kala Al Hishmawi, 34, and Hamdiyah Sabah Al Hishmawai, 33, beat their daughter with broomsticks, threw hot oil on her, and choked her “almost to the point of unconsciousness” when she resisted the marriage, which apparently would have paid the parents $20,000.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said that, beginning in 2017, Maarib’s parents were engaged in marriage talks with an adult man from another city.

The beatings continued for as long as Maarib refused her parents’ demand. In order to stop the violence, she reportedly told her parents she would marry the man. (Read more from “Muslim Parents Arrested for Nearly Killing Daughter for Refusing Forced Marriage. Can You Guess What Country This Happened In?” HERE)

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Runaway Local Teen Was Abused With Hot Oil, Broomsticks for Refusing Arranged Marriage

By My San Antonio. A 16-year-old Iraqi girl who went missing in January has been found, but her parents are now facing child abuse charges.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Maarib Alhishmawi, who was found in mid-March, told Child Protective Services of abuse at the hands of her parents. She told authorities that her parents poured hot cooking oil on her and hit her with broomsticks when she objected to an arranged marriage . . .

The sheriff said Maarib had been safely in the care of another organization while she was missing. He did not name the group.

Maarib and her five siblings, who are between 5 and 15 years old, are now in CPS care, Salazar said. He said it is unknown at the moment if the other siblings have also been abused.

Officials said the family had been in the United States for two years on visas. The type of visas not immediately known. (Read more from “Runaway Local Teen Was Abused With Hot Oil, Broomsticks for Refusing Arranged Marriage” HERE)

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