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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 teenager to death, a judge ruled Wednesday, before sentencing both men to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years.
The Crown has characterized Aqsa’s slaying as an honour killing and, in issuing his ruling Wednesday, Justice Bruce Durno said the “abhorrent motivation” called for a significant penalty.
“It is profoundly disturbing that a 16-year-old woman, no doubt facing significant challenges adjusting to living in a very different society than her parents,’ could be murdered by her father and brother for the purpose of saving the family pride,” Durno said as Muhammad Parvez and his son, Waqas, sat expressionless in the prisoner’s box. Aqsa’s mother and several of her siblings sat quietly in the courtroom behind them; her mother, Anwar Jan, occasionally dabbed her eyes.
“That twisted, chilling and repugnant mindset could imply that the family pride could at least be kept intact — or perhaps even enhanced — by having two grown men overpower and kill a vulnerable teenager,” Durno said.
The two men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Aqsa’s 2007 slaying a day earlier. The crime comes with an automatic life sentence, and both Crown and defence had recommended 18 years of parole ineligibility.
Aqsa Parvez, the youngest of eight children, was 16 years old when her father and brother conspired to strangle her. An agreed statement of facts details a clash of cultures, pitting Aqsa against her father’s oppressive, patriarchal rule.
Originally from Pakistan, Aqsa became increasingly enmeshed in western culture after the family relocated to Mississauga, Ont., in 2001, setting the stage for increased tensions at home.
Women in the Parvez family were expected to dress traditionally, to rely on men for financial stability, and to spend most of their free time confined to the household. Arranged to be married to a Pakistani man, Aqsa longed for the freedom to dress as she wished and spend evenings with her friends; she craved privacy, as her bedroom had no door.
In late November 2007, Aqsa decided she had had enough, and elected to leave home.
“She confided in her closest friends that her father had sworn to her on the Koran that if she ran away again, he would kill her,” Crown attorney Sandra Caponecchia told the court this week.
Days before she died, Aqsa enjoyed a movie for the first time, and had started to take steps toward a part-time job. But on Dec. 10, 2007, her brother picked her up from the bus stop as she waited there with a friend.
Half an hour later, Aqsa’s father called police to say he had killed Aqsa with his bare hands. He was charged in her murder the same day.
Almost more chilling than the crime itself was the family’s willingness to defend it in statements to police. The teenager’s siblings agreed Aqsa deserved violent retribution for her disobedience; Aqsa’s mother, Jan, suggested it was acceptable in Pakistan to kill children for such behaviour.
In breaks from the police interview, the visibly distraught mother was recorded lamenting aloud: “Oh God, oh Aqsa. You did not listen — you died . . . Oh God . . . broken legs and arms . . . said will break legs and arms — has killed her straight away. What should I do?”
Waqas Parvez was initially charged with obstructing police after telling them he had not seen Aqsa since a week before the murder, although witnesses watched him pick her up at the bus stop that very day.
Charges against Waqas Parvez were later upped to first-degree murder after police intercepted a conversation between him and a colleague. In it, Aqsa’s brother admitted choking the teenager until she died, and asserted “the guilt was killing him.”
- Aqsa
Well Done Pam Geller and All Who Made This Happen Atlas: An Unmarked Grave No More: "A Grove of Trees Has Been Planted ....." An unmarked grave no more. A grove of trees has been planted in Israel in Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor...
- Canadian Town Honors Aqsa Parvez, Honor Killing Victim!
Good. And thanks to Pamela, Robert Spencer, and everyone else who supported this effort. From Jihad Watch: Some time ago Pamela Geller began to take up a collection to provide honor killing victim Aqsa Parvez with a headstone -- at present Aqsa lies...
- 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...
- Dead Because Of Her Hijab
Or, more accurately, because she wouldn't continue to wear her hijab. At least, that's how the situation looks right now. Aqsa Parvez, 16-years-old, was this week choked to death by her father in the Greater Toronto area of Canada. From this source:...
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Aqsa Parvez’s Father and Brother Convicted of “Honor Killing”
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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 teenager to death, a judge ruled Wednesday, before sentencing both men to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years.
The Crown has characterized Aqsa’s slaying as an honour killing and, in issuing his ruling Wednesday, Justice Bruce Durno said the “abhorrent motivation” called for a significant penalty.
“It is profoundly disturbing that a 16-year-old woman, no doubt facing significant challenges adjusting to living in a very different society than her parents,’ could be murdered by her father and brother for the purpose of saving the family pride,” Durno said as Muhammad Parvez and his son, Waqas, sat expressionless in the prisoner’s box. Aqsa’s mother and several of her siblings sat quietly in the courtroom behind them; her mother, Anwar Jan, occasionally dabbed her eyes.
“That twisted, chilling and repugnant mindset could imply that the family pride could at least be kept intact — or perhaps even enhanced — by having two grown men overpower and kill a vulnerable teenager,” Durno said.
The two men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Aqsa’s 2007 slaying a day earlier. The crime comes with an automatic life sentence, and both Crown and defence had recommended 18 years of parole ineligibility.
Aqsa Parvez, the youngest of eight children, was 16 years old when her father and brother conspired to strangle her. An agreed statement of facts details a clash of cultures, pitting Aqsa against her father’s oppressive, patriarchal rule.
Originally from Pakistan, Aqsa became increasingly enmeshed in western culture after the family relocated to Mississauga, Ont., in 2001, setting the stage for increased tensions at home.
Women in the Parvez family were expected to dress traditionally, to rely on men for financial stability, and to spend most of their free time confined to the household. Arranged to be married to a Pakistani man, Aqsa longed for the freedom to dress as she wished and spend evenings with her friends; she craved privacy, as her bedroom had no door.
In late November 2007, Aqsa decided she had had enough, and elected to leave home.
“She confided in her closest friends that her father had sworn to her on the Koran that if she ran away again, he would kill her,” Crown attorney Sandra Caponecchia told the court this week.
Days before she died, Aqsa enjoyed a movie for the first time, and had started to take steps toward a part-time job. But on Dec. 10, 2007, her brother picked her up from the bus stop as she waited there with a friend.
Half an hour later, Aqsa’s father called police to say he had killed Aqsa with his bare hands. He was charged in her murder the same day.
Almost more chilling than the crime itself was the family’s willingness to defend it in statements to police. The teenager’s siblings agreed Aqsa deserved violent retribution for her disobedience; Aqsa’s mother, Jan, suggested it was acceptable in Pakistan to kill children for such behaviour.
In breaks from the police interview, the visibly distraught mother was recorded lamenting aloud: “Oh God, oh Aqsa. You did not listen — you died . . . Oh God . . . broken legs and arms . . . said will break legs and arms — has killed her straight away. What should I do?”
Waqas Parvez was initially charged with obstructing police after telling them he had not seen Aqsa since a week before the murder, although witnesses watched him pick her up at the bus stop that very day.
Charges against Waqas Parvez were later upped to first-degree murder after police intercepted a conversation between him and a colleague. In it, Aqsa’s brother admitted choking the teenager until she died, and asserted “the guilt was killing him.”
- Aqsa
Well Done Pam Geller and All Who Made This Happen Atlas: An Unmarked Grave No More: "A Grove of Trees Has Been Planted ....." An unmarked grave no more. A grove of trees has been planted in Israel in Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor...
- Canadian Town Honors Aqsa Parvez, Honor Killing Victim!
Good. And thanks to Pamela, Robert Spencer, and everyone else who supported this effort. From Jihad Watch: Some time ago Pamela Geller began to take up a collection to provide honor killing victim Aqsa Parvez with a headstone -- at present Aqsa lies...
- 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...
- Dead Because Of Her Hijab
Or, more accurately, because she wouldn't continue to wear her hijab. At least, that's how the situation looks right now. Aqsa Parvez, 16-years-old, was this week choked to death by her father in the Greater Toronto area of Canada. From this source:...