Well said TweetyBird, probably the father killed her out of rage and couldn't control his emotions, something indicative of an 'animalistic' behavior in humans, for whatever cause, religion, money, etc. etc. It would be more appropriate to call it honor killing if it was planned ahead.

Anyway, cool down everyone, no non-Muslim is accusing Islam behind this (and rightly so); it's just a MUSLIM who is being accused of trying to force his opinions too much (and rightly so).

For non-Muslims, I think that it was more of a 'cultural killing'; you must have realized that excluding Northern America and Europe, other parts of the world are getting educated slowly and they will be in the mainstream in a few decades down the road. Such things might happen during these transitive times. But rest assured, believe me that when Islam is put aside from the different cultures of the Muslim world, I find it a beautiful religion ready to walk alongside the tide of time.