Aqsa
Honoring the Victims of Honor Killing -- The American Thinker
Last December, when I read that Aqsa lay in an unmarked grave, I felt sick. I started a memorial fund to get her a headstone. But I had no idea how difficult and ugly it would be simply to honor a teenage girl in Canada who just wanted to live free -- and how eagerly Western non-Muslims would aid and abet the family's efforts to dishonor her in death as they did in life.
Readers of my weblog, AtlasShrugs.com, opened their hearts and their wallets, and contributed $5,000 for a headstone for Aqsa. Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch joined the effort, and we approved a design for a headstone that read, "In loving memory of Aqsa Parvez, Apr. 22, 1991-Dec. 10, 2007 -- Beloved, remembered and free." All was going according to plan until, after much silence, Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, Ontario, where Aqsa is buried, advised me that the family (yes, the family that murdered her) had refused to "sign off" on the headstone. The director of the cemetery said: "The family wants changes and is planning on coming in to see me. They did not book an appointment yet but I hope to see them soon."
Of course, the family never came, and when we inquired as to purchasing a plot near Aqsa's body, we could not. Not a tree. Not a rock. Not a bench. All the plots were owned by the Islamic Society of North America. I tried to contact the family at that time, but they would not take my calls -- I spoke to the them once, but they pretended not to speak English. And they were adamant: the family refused to allow the headstone to be put on Aqsa's grave, and according to the cemetery, could remove it if it were placed there by others.
But those of us who had contributed to the Aqsa Memorial Fund were determined to make sure that Aqsa would be memorialized. We checked into other locations, made plans, only to see them canceled at the last minute out of ... fear. We checked into the arboretum at the University of Guelph in Ontario, but a university official wrote me to say that "no matter how worthy, a memorial to Aqsa Parvez would draw much public attention and would thus be inconsistent with current use of The Arboretum."
But not everyone was ready to cower before Islamic anti-woman violence. Scott McLeod, the fire chief in Pelham, Ontario, proposed a resolution honoring Aqsa to 
City Councilor Sharon Cook -- and she went to work getting it passed. The Aqsa Parvez Memorial will be erected in Pelham this summer! A granite bench will be inscribed: "In loving memory of Aqsa Parvez, Beloved, Remembered and Free."
This will be placed in the Aqsa Parvez Peace Park.
Yes, the Aqsa Parvez Peace Park. I think she'd like that.
And in addition, there is the Aqsa Parvez Grove we are planting in American Independence Park in Jerusalem, Israel, where the plaque will read: "In Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide."
The memorials in Pelham and Jerusalem are the first indication that in the Free World we are not going to stand by silently while the Islamic world brutalizes women and treats them as worthless trash. They are two small steps toward widespread resistance against honor killing in the West and elsewhere.
- Aqsa Parvez Memorial In Israel
Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller write about the Aqsa Parvez Memorial that's been dedicated in Jerusalem on August 24, in memory of all victims of Islamic pseudo-honor murders. ...
- Aqsa Parvez’s Father And Brother Convicted Of “honor Killing”
(sticky, scroll for newer posts) National Post h/t Dr Bulldog Megan O’Toole , National Post · Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 BRAMPTON, ONT. -- A “twisted, chilling and repugnant mindset” spurred the father and brother of Aqsa Parvez to strangle the...
- Steyn On Why Pamela Geller's Defense Of Aqsa Parvez Is Justified And Worthwhile
From Jihad Watch: For reasons best known to himself, The National Post's Chris Selley chose to pick a fight with the few people who want to ensure that Aqsa Parvez's short life is memorialized by something more than the plot number of an unmarked...
- Aqsa Parvez' Family Has Demonstrated That They Approve Of Her Murder
Her father admitted to police that he murdered her: Over the fall of 2007, Aqsa Parvez shuttled between friends’ houses and youth shelters. She was afraid to go home. Her father, Muhammad, was enraged because she refused to obey his rules. He swore...
- Canada: Muslim Father Gets First Degree Murder Charge In Honor Killing Of His Daughter
Muhammed Parvez killed his daughter Aqsa because she wouldn't cover herself up in the slaves chains of the Hijab. From Jihad Watch: The father of a Mississauga teen killed last year has been charged today with first-degree murder in connection with...