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- Studies of Islam - Posted: 28th Jan, 2008 - 4:17pm
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A Canadian man has been charged with murdering his own daughter, and her friends say the two clashed over her refusal to wear a Muslim head scarf. Police have not commented on a motive
Canadian Muslim Teen's Dad Charged In Her Murder
I won't be surprised in the least if the motive was her refusal to wear the traditional head covering. For some Muslims seem to be a "choice" but for others, not. I really feel sorry for this girl specially because she did not want to go back home several times and even wanted to go to shelters.
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| Aqsa Parvez, 16, of Mississauga, Ontario, was rushed to hospital in critical condition Monday after a man made an emergency call in which he claimed to have killed his daughter, police said. She died late Monday night. The emergency call "came in from the father saying he had killed his daughter," police spokesman Wayne Patterson said. "Police arrived and rushed her to hospital and she passed away." Patterson said they are working at determining the motive and refused to confirm it was over the head scarf. The girl's friends said in interviews Tuesday that Aqsa loved shopping for clothes and clashed with her family over her reluctance to wear the hijab, a traditional veil or head scarf for devout Muslim women. "She didn't want to go home ... to the point where she actually wanted to go to shelters," classmate Ashley Garbutt, 16, told the Toronto Star... |
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