[Rhodes22-list] Merry, Whatever They Celebrate

[Robert Skinner]

As someone else pointed out - this perversion of sharia 
law is only 1300 years out of date.  The girl is not only 
seen as a chattel; her very life belongs to her father, 
to take as he sees fit if he feels shamed before his 
tribe-mates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia

That SOB makes a good case for waterboarding all by 
himself.  Like about once a day until he just decides 
to drown himself to put an end to his misery.

Maybe a permanent hookup to a fence charger as well.

That kind of stupid misogynist brings out the be(a)st in 
me.  Maybe that is the only quasi-rational response.

Sorry.  Merry [Birth of Universal Forgiveness] to all...

/Robert
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Brad Haslett wrote:
> 
> Boys and Girls,  just trying to keep it fair and balanced here.  Before the
> holiday season is over we'll have to hear about some poor girl from
> Tennessee who was bitten by a poison snake in some celebration.  This is
> from an area of Canada that I frequent.  Just another day in PC.  What,  you
> didn't see this on Oprah?  I'll call her right now, she'll want to know!
> Brad
> 
> oronto.ctv.ca
> 
> Updated: Tue. Dec. 11 2007 7:06 PM ET
> 
> A Mississauga, Ont. teenager was killed in a family dispute over her choice
> not to wear traditional Muslim clothing, her friends say.
> 
> Aqsa Parvez, 16, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries on
> Monday after police said a man claiming to be the girl's father called them
> and said he had killed his daughter. Parvez succumbed to her injuries on
> Monday night.
> 
> The teen, an Applewood Heights Secondary School student, often complained of
> her situation at home, her friends told CTV News on Tuesday.
> 
> The students said Parvez no longer wanted to wear a hijab, a shoulder-length
> head scarf worn by some Muslim women. They also said Parvez would often
> change her clothing once she got to school and then would change back before
> going home.
> 
> "People said her brothers and sisters followed her to see if she was wearing
> her headscarf or not," one student said.
> 
> Parvez had recently been staying with a friend because of tension at home,
> classmates said.
> 
> "Her dad was threatening her and she was getting scared and she just didn't
> want to live there anymore," another student said.
> 
> The victim's father has been charged with murder, while the girl's brother
> has been charged with obstructing police.
> 
> Police have not commented on a possible motive and are keeping tight-lipped
> as to how the teen was attacked.
> 
> *Students, staff remember slain teen *
> 
> A spokesperson for the Peel District School Board said officials will look
> into the situation to see if there's something they can learn to help ease
> cultural transitions for students in the future.
> 
> "We will want to see what we can learn from this," Sylvia Link, the board's
> manager of communications told CTV.ca. "If there is anything that we can
> learn from this incident that will prevent it from happening in the future,
> we'll do what we can to keep our students safe."
> 
> Link said the board already helps students learn about other cultures by
> organizing events such as Black History Month.
> 
> In fact, Parvez helped organize the school's last Black History Month event.
> 
> "She had friends from all kinds of different backgrounds," Link said.
> 
> Aside from describing her as popular and vivacious, Link said Parvez showed
> great interest in the arts, particularly fashion. She was enrolled in a
> photography and fashion course at the school.
> 
> Counsellors were at the school Tuesday to help students and staff deal with
> the grief, Link said.
> 
> A memorial table was also set up at the front of the school where friends of
> the slain teen could write their memories, put up pictures, leave flowers
> and mementos.
> 
> "Aqsa was honestly the brightest girl around," wrote one student inside a
> memory book. "She had the biggest smile and was the happiest person in
> school. She loved to dance and take pictures."
> 
> "No matter what, there was always happiness inside you," wrote another
> student. "You always knew how to make people smile even when you weren't
> yourself."
> 
> Link said staff at the school were shocked when they heard the news.
> 
> "There is no way to describe the shock and grief a school experiences when
> it loses a student to a tragedy like this," she said. "Our focus today is
> helping support staff and students."
> 
> An announcement was made early in the morning and two letters, one for
> students and another for their parents is expected to go home with the kids
> at the end of the day.
> 
> Muhammad Parvez, 57, appeared in a Brampton court on Tuesday charged with
> murder.
> 
> Waqas Parvez, 26, is also charged in the investigation with obstructing
> police.
> 
> *With a report from CTV's John Musselman *
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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."