Update on the Noor Almaleki case, where her father Faleh Hassan Almeleki is accused of running her down:

The brother of Noor Almaleki, whom police say was run over by her father last week, has told a local television news station that the father and daughter have been in conflict the past couple of years.

Peter-Ali Almaleki told CBS 5 News that his sister went “out of her way to disrespect” her traditional Muslim father.

Noor Almaleki had married a man in Iraq but returned to the United States and moved in with a boyfriend and his mother in Surprise. The father was furious about the arrangement, according to the brother.

In addition to allegedly running down his daughter, Faleh Almaleki is alleged to have run down the mother of the boyfriend in the same incident. Noor Almaleki is still basically in a “life-threatening condition”; the boyfriend’s mother is “improving.”

I’m having to bite my tongue to keep from spilling out with some pointed commentary about men who think that their family honor is wrapped up in their daughters’ sexual behavior, to the point of attempting murder.

And this, this doesn’t make any sense to me:

Peter-Ali Almaleki said he loves his sister and that should she not have to be suffering her injuries. But he added that the family lives by different cultural values.

“One thing to one culture doesn’t make sense to another culture,” he added.

No, Peter, murder is murder, no matter what culture it’s in. You want to talk, I’m in the Phoenix phone book. I’m not that hard to find.