First of all when talking about men killing women, we have to leave the religion out of it. Real Islam does not condone the abuse and slaughtering of innocent women and girls. This is the work of abusive men. For every one Muslim man who abuses his female family members there are thousands who embrace and love their families like any normal human beings. We live in a patriarchal world where men always ruled and women went along for the ride.
Times have changed and women are reclaiming their voice. In the case of women from Islamic tradition, men uses the Koran to hit women on the head and keep them in subjugation and in a manner than the Prophet Muhammad would not have approved of.
In recent years we have heard more killings happening in the name of Sharia law, perhaps it is the publicity these incidences receive that we hear it more often. Of course there is racism and Islamophobia that are mixed in with genuine concerns for women in these situations. There should also be a clause that if at any time during their residency in Canada if a crime of this nature is committed then the family members must return to their countries of origin. Perhaps this might help to save many young women from the perilous plight of endangerment by their own family members.
We have to tackle all forms of violence against women and girls. Similar violence are happening in the mainstream society as well, however, not in the same way as is carried out by some men who claim to do so in the name of their religion. In these latter cases, young girls can be killed off because they want their own ways. It reminds me of the Sikh family in BC who arranged to kill their own daughter just because she was marrying for love and not for family connections.
Canada needs to protect women and girls more and perhaps this ought to be done through the immigration system. Families with these strong held values who bring young children to this country must know the risk they are taking i.e. that their children might turn away from tradition at least temporarily during their teenage years as they try to fit in with their Canadian society. People ought to be questioned as to whether they can embrace such a child and this should be a serious criteria for accepting or denying immigration status to people with these strong held autocratic views about right and wrong.
The Jury is still out on this Case.
Three teenage Shafia sisters, 19-year-old Zainab, 17-year-old Sahari, and 13-year-old Geeti, with 50-year-old Rona Amir Mohammad, were found dead inside a car in the Rideau Canal back in June of 2009, murdered in a quadruple honor killing by their Muslim mother, father and brother.
Jury selection starts today in a Kingston, Ontario court in the murder trial of a Montreal couple and their son, who are charged with killing three members of their own family. The girls’ father, Mohammad Shafia, “believed his daughter had dishonoured him and the family by having a romance with a young Pakistani man in Montreal.”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Shafia+murder+trial+Sibling+tells+court+lied+police+about+abuse/5852884/story.html
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