Saudi Television Preacher Sentenced to 8 Years for Raping and Killing His 5-Year-Old Daughter

Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
October 8, 2013

Lama suffered a crushed skull, broken ribs and back, bruising and burns. She had been raped repeatedly.  She died of her injuries in October.
Lama suffered a crushed skull, broken ribs and back, bruising and burns. She had been raped repeatedly. She died of her injuries in October.

A Saudi court today sentenced Fayhan al-Ghamdi, the television preacher who raped and murdered his five-year-old daughter, Lama, to 8 years in prison for the crime. He’ll also get 600 lashes.

Apparently, though one can be given the death penalty for murder in Saudi Arabia, you can’t be given the death penalty for killing your own children – the most you can get in 12 years behind bars.

In light of this brutal child rape and murder, and also in light of the Saudi courts refusal to treat this as a serious crime, it is imperative that I remind you: Islam is a religion of peace.

Fayhan said he had been concerned about his five-year-old daughter's virginity, which let to the decision to repeatedly rape her and torture her to death.
Fayhan said he had been concerned about his five-year-old daughter’s virginity, which let to the decision to repeatedly rape her and torture her to death.

Here’s some more details from PressTV:

The court on Monday also ordered Fayhan al-Ghamdi to pay his ex-wife – the girl’s mother – one million Saudi riyals (USD 270,000) in blood money, Turki al-Rasheed, the mother’s lawyer, said on Tuesday.

Ghamdi’s second wife, who is accused of taking part in the crime, was sentenced to 10 months in prison and 150 lashes.

The five-year-old Lama was admitted to hospital in December 2011 with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull and extensive bruising and burns. She died several months later.

Ghamdi confessed to having used cables and a cane to inflict the injuries, human rights activists said earlier this year.

Saudi and foreign rights activists have strongly condemned the Saudi court’s verdicts in the case as too lenient.

“We are extremely disappointed,” said Saudi rights activist Aziza al-Yousef. “He should have been jailed for life or executed to serve as an example,” she urged.

Another activist, Khuloud al-Fahd, said she was also shocked by Ghamdi’s punishment.

“A few years ago, two burglars stole two sheep and were sentenced to five years in prison and lashes. How can a father who killed his daughter be condemned to such a light sentence?” she questioned.