Canada: Muslim Father killed daughter for not wearing hijab

Chris Jones — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0000

A suburb in Toronto, Canada was hit with tragedy Tuesday after it was discovered that 16-year old Aqsa Parvez had been murdered.

What makes the situation worse is that the girl’s father has been arrested and charged with her murder. It turns out that the Parvez family are devout Muslims, and when their daughter refused to wear her hijab (Islamic head scarf) her father decided to kill her.

Muhammad Parvez, 57, was arrested at the scene and will be formally charged with murder when he appears in court Wednesday.

Police said in a statement they received an emergency call at 7:55 am local time Monday from “a man who indicated that he had just killed his daughter.”

According to her friends, Aqsa had worn the hijab at school last year, but rebelled in recent months.

They said she would leave home wearing a hijab and loose-fitting clothes, but would take off her head scarf and change into tighter garments at school, then change back before going home at the end of the day.

The victim’s 26 year-old brother was also charged with obstructing police in the investigation.

Her family didn’t think she was quite Muslim enough for them, so of course they killed her.

-Chris Jones

THE HOT JOINTS » Aqsa Parvez

Canada: Muslim Father killed daughter for not wearing hijab

Related Posts