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NRI NEWS- Aqsa Parvez, 16 Murder Case

 

Is this a religious reason behind the killing of Muslim girl 16

 

Toronto, Dec. 13, 2007
Cap. Surinder Singh

Media in whole world is crying loudly and this is how it’s headlined:

  • A Muslim girl was murdered over her refusal to wear a hijab
  • Is the Hijab a Symbol of Oppression?
  • Teen tried to leave strict family
  • Aqsa Parvez: Death By Hijab
  • Father in Mississauga attacked his daughter during a confrontation about hijab
  • Aqsa’s relationship with her father was antagonistic. she wore the latest garish teen styles — sometimes switching from one outfit to the other in between home and school
  • Father wanted her to wear a hijab.

Now question is : How on earth could this happen?.....Read More




A memorial for Aqsa Parvezset up at Applewood Heights S.S. in Mississauga, Ont.



Aqsa Parvez, 16 was murdered by Father during a confrontation about hijab

 

Toronto, Dec. 11, 2007
Ashok Aggarwal


On December 10, Ontario teenager Aqsa Parvez was murdered by her father, over her refusal to wear the hijab, the traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women. The story has caught fire in North America on the Web, particularly among bloggers interested in news pertaining to radical Islam.

The 16-year-old was taken to hospital Monday morning after a man called police and said he killed his daughter. She died later that night

The Father, Muhammad Parvez, 57, a cab driver of Mississauga charged with murdering his 16-year-old daughter. The victim’s older brother, Waqas Parvez, cab driver was also charged with obstructing police in connection with the girl’s death. Autopsy results released Wednesday found Parvez died of "neck compression."

Muhammad Parvez, appeared in court today and will face either a first- or second-degree murder charge. He was denied bail and remanded into custody until a hearing via video link on Jan. 29.

The main reason seems to be conflict over hijab. Dad wanted her to wear it and she wanted nothing to do with it. The several students at Applewood Heights Secondary School in Mississauga, who told various media that Aqsa feared her father, who had threatened her.

About: Aqsa Parvez

  • A friend of the Parvez, said the conflict with her father over wearing Islamic dress came to a head at the beginning of this school year. “She just wanted to dress like we do,” she said. “Last year, she wore like the Islamic stuff and everything, the hijab, and this year she’s all western. She just wanted to look like everyone else.”
  • According to friends, she had been living at another girl's house for at least the past two weeks but had been in and out of the family home for several months.
  • Another classmate said, "She wanted to live her life the way she wanted to, not the way her parents wanted her to.”
  • She just wanted to be herself, just wanted to show her beauty, and not be pushed around by her parents telling her what she has to be like, what she has to do. Nobody would want to do that.”
  • One student not like to identify said, Parvez would often change her clothing once she got to school and then would change back before going home. Her brothers and sisters followed her to see if she was wearing her headscarf or not.