Seems to place a higher value on virginity and reputation than on human life.

A Jordanian man has shot dead his daughter and her fiance on rumours that the couple had engaged in premarital sex.

The suspect has confessed to the authorities "that he shot the couple after his wife informed him she had heard from neighbours that her daughter and her boyfriend had been having sexual relations," the Jordan Times reported, quoting a police officer.

The father said he was "infuriated" by the rumours and apparently decided to kill the couple to cleanse his family's honour, the official said.

The suspect was arrested and charged with murder on Saturday, two days after the killing of his 21-year-old daughter and her 23-year-old fiance.

An autopsy revealed that young woman was a virgin, the report added.

Since January, more than 12 women have been killed in similar "honour crimes" in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

Hundreds of Muslim women die each year at the hands of family members for offenses such as alleged premarital sexual activity, being the victim of rape, or being alone with an unrelated man. How soon until we start seeing such offensive practices become common place here?

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