Mohammad Shafia, 58, an Afghan businessman, his wife Tooba Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, are accused of killing four female family members. All of them have pleaded not guilty to four counts each of first-degree murder.
In short it is the worst form of domestic violence and a stark example of patriarchy at its worst.
Why do people with these strong beliefs want to come to Canada. They must have know that this is a free country where people have rights including children.
Three of the Shafia sisters - Sahar, 17, Zainab, 19, and Geeti, 13, - along with Mohammed Shafia's first wife Rona Amir Mohammad, were found dead in a car found submerged in a canal, outside Kingston.
You cannot want your cake and eat it. They cannot want freedom and deny it to others.
I am not sure how much new immigrants understand about Canadian culture when they plan to come here.
When family honour is threatened, it is acceptable and expected that a male family member could kill a relative. Perhaps this is acceptable in the Middle-east but not in Canada.
Canadian culture of freedom, democracy and the rights of women and children ought to be made very clear and perhaps some psychological test be given to folks to determine whether they can integrate into Canadian society at any this most critical level.
Denying women the right to choose in Canada is unacceptable. Killing women because they have a mind and want to use it, is an abomination.
I think the perpetrators of this criminal activity ought to be given the full extent of the law, hopefully to deter others from doing the same. The right of women and children is foundational in Canadian society.
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