This doesn't really flow with the rest of the posting that I have done, but I am so infuriated about what I witnessed and heard yesterday on the news, that I just need to vent it out. It is dealing with Honor Killings.
The National Post reported this morning that Aqsa Parvez was murdered by her Father and Brother because she rejected the religious and cultural traditions of their native Pakistan. At least justice was partly served in that both Brother and Father were sentenced to life with chance of parole in 18 years. The irony is that now these two men have brought shame to the family for being arrested and convicted (though, not for the killing).
There was another case in Ontario last year about a father and mother and son who killed four women by pushing their car into the Rideau Canal. Again, all were charged with murder. The National posts says that the UN estimates that nearly 5000 women are being killed world wide in the name of family honor.
The news last night actually showed some video footage of a woman being beaten by a group of men (in a country I cannot recall) because of the person that she wanted to date.
Sadly, if these killing occurred in their native land, they would not have even got a slap on the wrist for such and atrocity.
I am not saying that any religion is perfect, and in fact, religion as a whole can likely be attributed to more killings and deaths in the name of a so called "God" than any other reasoning. Every war, a so called God is on the side of the combatants, be it from the crusades or WWI and WWII. But the idea that a family in certain parts of the world can kill family members (mostly women) in the name of honor is is just down right f**ked up.
To imagine that this is actually going on in other parts of the world and is accepted, it is disgusting. How can a person, no matter what the fraking Quran/bible says, kill a person because they are behaving not in the way that they "should?" So, if my children grows up and decide to be do something that I do not agree with, I could kill them? How in the hell does that even cross a parents mind? My kid(s) can do just about anything and I know that I will love them and try to protect and respect and honor their choices for as long as I am around.
-d
National Post - Honour Killings
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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"Mr. Parvez told her: “My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter. This is my insult. She is making me naked."
ReplyDeleteHer brother, Atishan Parvez, told police he didn't think his sister deserved to die, but if it was his daughter, he would have broken her legs."
The Catholics have guilt, Muslims have pride.
Even worse is that at the end of the National Post article, the Mother was crying that she will be alone, and that the father will likely die in jail. Nothing to do with the daughter.
ReplyDelete"I would have broken her legs..." Yeah, she is still alive then, but really, the thought of that is still disgusting. Forcing a woman by violence to follow a way of life. Disgusting.