GETTY FILE PIC A muslim woman (not pictured) in her 20s said her father raped her

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The man, who is in his 40s, is said to have attacked his daughter in their family home in the Norway city of Fredrikstad because he was angry about her non-Islamic lifestyle. The alleged victim, who is in her 20s, reportedly ran out of the house and told two postmen that her father had just raped her.

The father is now being detained on charges of rape and incest and, if convicted, faces a jail term of 10 years. Police lawyer Anette Sogn, told Norwegian broadcaster Fredrikstad24: “They had been arguing prior to the rape.

GETTY FILE PIC The man (not pictured) is believed to have punished his daughter for her Western lifestyle

“The father has been angry because his daughter did not follow his [Islamic] way of life, she explained in questioning.” The woman’s father has denied the attack, despite police discovering traces of his DNA in her underwear and genital region. He claims that his daughter planned to set him up and lied to the postmen about the attack, which is said to have taken place in September.

GETTY The man and his daughter lived in Fredrikstad