“I have been warned to shut up. But when Yasser Abdul Said killed those girls he did not just spill Muslim blood on American soil. He shed my blood. I am not going to be quiet. I made a promise at their funerals that I would speak out.”
I am talking to Gail Gartrell, the great-aunt of Amina and Sarah Said who were honor murdered by their father, Yasser Said, on New Year’s Day, 2008. (I have written about this tragic case before for Pajamas Media.) HERE http://pajamasmedia.com/xpress/phyllischesler/2008/01/
As of this writing, Yasser Said has not yet been captured.
The girls were murdered in Irving, Texas, an area with a large Muslim population that is also known to some experts as a place where Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood may be active. Gail and the other female relatives with whom I have spoken believe that Yasser Said is “possibly some kind of terrorist. I was only recently told that Yasser always seemed to have a lot of guns, machineguns–they’re illegal here–but handguns too.” Gail tells me:
“It’s another face of jihad. These men come here from Egypt, they marry American women in order to become American citizens. The American wives convert to Islam. Then, they have children who are natural-born American citizens–but who are raised to hate America and to want to live under shari’a law. Then, these men expect their teen-age American daughters to marry much older Muslim men from Egypt in arranged marriages. I know that Yasser wanted Amina to marry someone from Egypt.”
On March 8, 2008, nine relatives, who live in Texas and who are Christians, gathered on the spot where Amina and Sarah were murdered to “celebrate their lives.” The spot is right near a shooting range and shots continued to ring out as they and their Minister spoke. (Gail told me that here is another example of Yasser knowing “exactly what he was doing. He did not want anyone to pay attention to a gun going off when he shot his daughters dead.” )
The girl’s own mother, “Tissie” (Patricia) Said, was not at the March 8th Celebration. She is the one who effectively lured her daughters to their deaths. Also not there was their brother, Islam Said, Yasser and “Tissie’s” first-born son.
Gail is proud that her great-niece Amina refused to accept an arranged marriage, glad that they were both brave enough to run away. Both girls had non-Muslim boyfriends. Neither girl wanted to wear hijab. Clearly, these American-style choices are all capital crimes to someone like Yasser Said.
After my original articles ran, Gail Gartrell, Amina and Sarah’s great-aunt, reached out to me. I have now talked with her, with two other great-aunts: Joyce and Jill, and with Connie, who is “Tissie’s” sister.
Gail, Connie, Jill, and Joyce are all risking their lives in speaking out. Here’s an idea of what they are saying.
That Yasser is probably still hiding out in Texas; that his brothers are hiding him; that Yasser and his brothers may have committed another honor murder in the past. They were allegedly heard plotting to kill their own sister when she threatened to leave her husband; that Yasser beat and sexually assaulted his two daughters; that “Tissie,” their mother, both denied and enabled the sexual and physical abuse.
Since the double honor murder, “Tissie” Said has been living with a brother-in-law (the murderer’s brother). She has broken with her Texas female relatives and has warned them to shut up. Here’s what Gail Gartrell has to say:
“Tissie” is a dead woman, no matter what happens. They will kill her if she leaves. But they will also kill her even if she stays. Why? Because she once dared to run away with the girls, if only briefly. But she came back to Yasser and she convinced the girls to come back. I believe that they will kill her because she ran. ”
I will be publishing a series about this double honor murder. I will also post a radio interview with Sarah and Amina’s brave female relatives later this week. Stay tuned.
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24 Comments
George Jochnowitz:Good for you, Phyllis! This issue needs publicity. If relatives of an honor-murder victim were able to testify against a murderer in Jerusalem, leading to his conviction, they should certainly be able to do so in Texas.
Are Muslims less frightened in Israel than in Texas?
Mar 10, 2008 - 11:33 am J. K. Gayle:Thank you for speaking up and speaking out. Thanks to these women for risking their lives to speak up and to speak out on behalf of Amina and Sarah, slain by a cowardly man, their own father. Right here in Texas, in the United States of American, we are glad that you are speaking up and are very sad, in the first place, that we all have to speak against this shameful individual’s horror and terror! (Here’s some of our local non-news, but at least it’s still news: http://www.star-telegram.com/231/story/475786.html)
Mar 10, 2008 - 11:34 am heather:thank you, Phyllis, for continuing to speak out on this issue. Does anyone from NOW, or any of the other organized ‘feminist’ groups helping out?
The silence is - I hate to say this - a symptom of exactly how fragile women’s rights are in our society.
Mar 10, 2008 - 8:18 pm heather:the morons at Vodkapundit are smirking over the Veiling of the Status action: thinking that it is about veiling nakedness. With a little bit of research at google, I found that the one of Minna Canth is a fully clothed victorian lady. Vodkapundit thinks it’s equivalent to throwing a tarp over his neighbour’s garden goblin.
I left an outraged note.
Mar 10, 2008 - 11:43 pm Macker:Phyllis, I agree with your entry except for one…tiny…thing…and I don’t give a sh*t what the Muslims think.
Mar 11, 2008 - 9:12 am Assistant Village Idiot:There is NO HONOR in MURDER. Period. End of Story.
way to stay on topic heather! Do you have a short list of things to just blurt out whenever sharia is mentioned or something?
Mar 11, 2008 - 9:21 am Steve from Ohio:Too many people don’t have a clue what Islam teaches.
All too often your average American thinks that Islam is basically Christianity with Mohammed substituted for Jesus Christ.
After that they think every thing is about the same, i.e. believe in Jesus and go to heaven or believe in Mohammed and go to heaven.
But everything is radically different.
The primary thrust of Christianity is to know God and to know him personally. As we know Him we are then compelled from love for Him to do good works that are associated with Christianity. But every one that has studied Christianity for ten minutes knows that the good works will not save you.
Islam stresses you can not know God(Allah) personally. God is far too vast and unknowable. Mohammed teaches that since you can’t know him, the best you can do is to obey him.
Thus the Muslim is trying to earn his salvation through his good works. Islam teaches that on Judgment day your good deeds and your bad deeds are going to be weighed and if your bad deeds out weigh you good you are sent to Hell. You won’t know until you get to judgment if you will make it to heaven.
Mohammed himself taught that he was not sure if he would obtain entry into Paradise.
Imposing Shari law would be considered a good deed, thus this is why this men want to impose it one others.
Sadly some schools of Islam teach that dying in jihad is your one guaranteed entry into Paradise and this is why there are so many Muslims willing to die as terrorists and suicide bombers.
Trying to earn your way into heaven is like trying bride Bill Gates with a nickel!
God lets you into Heaven as a free gift for your faith in Jesus Christ. You could never earn or buy anything from Him.
Strange as it may seem Yasser Said thinks he was increasing his chance of getting into heaven by killing his children. This is Islam.
Mar 11, 2008 - 10:48 am military subject matter expert:Nice job Steve, that is true.
Just to expand on the honor killing:
Honor killing falls under Sharia law. However, honor killing has been outlawed in many countries that practice Sharia law since way, way, way back. However, there are a few countries that still allow honor killing if ADULTERY is committed. And by committed I mean they have to actually walk in and see it happening. Those countries include, Jordan, Syria, Haiti, and Morocco. In Iraq it was legal until 2002 when the troops came in. You may not see it here as much, but this kind of thing happens a lot overseas. Sad but true.
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:47 am Chris:This is an excellent exposé of the depraved agenda of Muslims in the U.S.
It is clear that the Muslim community is hiding Yasser Abdul Said. Perhaps you could write a follow-up piece about the legal consequences of conspiracy and of aiding and abetting a criminal. It would be a great “honor” to the memory of those two young women if a whole bunch of conspirators in this crime were rounded up, convicted, and given long prison terms. It might also empower others to speak out about the abuses which are occurring in the Muslim communities across our nation.
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:53 am John Lee Pedimore:If a white father killed his two daughters because they were dating black men this would be frontpage news.
And in a strange twist I bet the media would call it a “redneck honour killing”.
JLP
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:57 am TXRose:Unfortunately, there are too many apologists in this country when it comes to Islam. Instead of
Mar 11, 2008 - 12:43 pm David Thomson:tailoring themselves to our laws, now people in
the U.S. want us to tailor ourselves to these
immigrants laws in the country they came from.
If this keeps up, we will see more and more of
these dis “honor killings” on our soil. It made me
ill, the other night to hear their brother defending what his father did and their mother
saying that her son did not understand what he was saying because he is grief stricken. For whom? Certainly not his sisters.
It is logically inconsistent to campaign on behalf of Hillary Clinton while fighting against Islamic nihilism. She has never taken to task the evils committed by dark skin people. Why would anyone believe Hillary might reverse course? Political correctness underpins the modern day Democratic Party. None of its presidential candidates could possibly win the nomination if they dared to rock the boat.
Mar 11, 2008 - 1:04 pm tanstaafl:Thank you for the update. This story didn’t receive adequate national coverage at the time the girls were murdered and has, since then, seemingly dropped off the radar.
I still think of the father as a primitive and ignorant man as opposed to (primarily) an individual following the tenets of his religion. Apparently, from what is stated above, the mother is equally culpable and pathetic.
The male culture inside some Islamic families is so stupid as to rationalize and participate in the slaughter of one’s own children.
If in Irving, TX…Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood may be active…the same can be said of Dearborn MI.
Mar 11, 2008 - 2:10 pm Steve from Texas:Please do not confuse the unGodly act of honor killings with our 2nd amendment right to bear arms.
I am a Christian, live in Texas and own ‘lots of guns’.
It is legal to own machine guns if you pass the background check, fill out the proper forms and pay the federal tax.
Our Founding Fathers believed that the right of citizens to own firearms was protection against tryannies such as honor killings.
Mar 11, 2008 - 3:45 pm newton:There is a little something for the sorry excuse of a father and all of his accomplices in the Muslim community to remember here. In the Lone Star State, we enforce the death penalty.
And if we have to make of him and his buddies an example in order for those fools to stop killing their women and daughters in the name of some archaic and criminal concept of “honor”, we will.
Mar 11, 2008 - 4:22 pm Sam:My sincere for the girls and their family members who except that adherence to fundamental Islam is to blame for their deaths.
First, I say that any Western woman who marries a Muhammadan is a fool.
Second, I say that those who are now trapped escape their situation and publicize as widely as possible their fate and warn other Western women to never marry a Muhammadan.
Mar 11, 2008 - 4:34 pm Andrew:I have several questions:
If he’s hiding at his brother’s house, why haven’t the authorities paid them a visit?
Who is trying to silence the aunt of the victims? Family? Friends? Leaders of the Muslim community (and if so, just who are these leaders)?
Is Said still hiding in Texas, or is he back in Egypt (where he’s probably thumbing his nose at America)?
Does America have an extradition treaty with Egypt?
If Said is apprehended, will prosecutors seek the death penalty (after all, this heinous crime was committed in Texas, which leads the nation in executions)?
If a man is willing to kill a female relative to maintain the family honor, the would he be willing to be die as well (I heard one story where an Arab said that honor is more precious than his life)?
Mar 11, 2008 - 10:32 pm Tonto (USA):Hope they hunt this awful man and his abettors down. They have needle justice in Texas that these people need a lesson in. There is no respect for our laws in moozlimb society…..even here in the states. I’d love to see them kicked out, along with the illegal aliens all over the place.
Mar 12, 2008 - 12:44 am Miguel:Thanks a lot for writing about this poor martyrs of islam!
Mar 12, 2008 - 6:41 am Trader-DFW:God bless you for letting people know about this horrible thing happening right in the USA.
Thank you, again.
As a former resident of Irving, TX and someone that still lives in the area, I have witnessed the growth of the Mohammedan presence in the area. It is very disturbing.
There is a big Mega-Moskk in Irving, and lots of little moskks scattered about in strip centers. I do have a question though, what in the world possesses these women to marry Mohammedan men? That is something I would like to know.
Mar 12, 2008 - 9:54 am Shelene:This is such a sad story, but I am concerned as to why the mother and brother have not been taken in for questioning. It is overwhelming to watch the Video of the son spouting off at a celebration for his sisters. I know with his mentality and the absense of his mother the detectives could make the brother spill the beans.
Mar 12, 2008 - 11:45 am Phil from Houston:Now, that Yaser is out of the way, just why is the mother and brother staying in this mess…..that in its self tells a story…think about it.
Steve from Ohio:
Your post is about as good as I’ve ever read regarding the fundamental difrerences between Christianity and Islam.
Mar 13, 2008 - 1:30 pm Malinda:Thank you for posting this. Our nation opens its arms to all people; however, we do not condone the killing of other people regardless of what a religion may deem.
There is no honor in killing others.
Is there a link for a picture of the man—it is possible that he is not being sequestered by the Muslim community.
Mar 14, 2008 - 3:03 am F. Fries:The American are repeating exactly the errors we, french, did with the muslims.
Continue to do those same errors and you will be invaded just like we are now, about to loose the fight.
To understand how fighting islam, and kick it back to his land, there is no other way than FIRST understanding the PSYCHOLOGY of the muslims.
If you do not understand what they have in mind, you will ALWAYS loose the fight, because you will ALWAYS be caught by surprise(remember 9/11…)
You CANNOT guess what is in an islamic mind, because you think in a rational, logical way when they think in an islamic way (coranic logic), which has NOTHING to do with rational logic.
Islam logic is COMPLETLY different to ANYTHING you can imagine.
There is an excellent book wich was written by a french in 1923 (yes : twenty three) but fortunately translated in english one year later, and even more fortunately posted on internet :
Islam and the psychology of the musulman
by André Servier
http://musulmanbook.blogspot.com/
(mirror : http://www.coranix.org/biblio/servier1923gb.htm )
We, french, did exactly the opposite of the advices in this book.
Dont do that error again (you are actually doing it) : read the book and APPLY the advices !
May 13, 2008 - 10:43 am