Comments on: Honour killings come to the West

By: Magic Statistics

Magic Statistics — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:45:23 +0000

Aqsa Parvez’s brother charged with first-degree murder…

Ten days ago, Muhammed Parvez was charged with first-degree murder in the strangling death of his teenaged daughter Aqsa (at right). Now her 27-year-old brother Waqas has been charged with the same offence.
It would appear that police have clear…

By: Magic Statistics

Magic Statistics — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:54:49 +0000

Muhammed Parvez charged with first-degree murder in daughter’s killing…

Sixteen-year-old Aqsa Parvez was strangled to death last December after she and her father Muhammed Parvez had quarreled over her refusal to wear the hijab (Muslim headscarf). Mr Parvez was arrested the day of her death and initially charged with…

By: Magic Statistics

Magic Statistics — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:48:54 +0000

Thousands of British school children forced into marriage…

The disclosure last week that 33 pupils in Bradford, England, are missing and unaccounted for was just the tip of the iceberg. It has now been revealed that over 2000 children who should be in school are not. Dr Nazia Khanum, a management consultant hi…

By: Magic Statistics

Magic Statistics — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:46:27 +0000

Fight the culture of forced marriages and honour killings…

In the city of Bradford, England, 33 school children are missing and unaccounted for. It is feared that they and other missing pupils have been forced into arranged marriages.
This and other disturbing information has been gathered recently by th…

By: ERS

ERS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:07:46 +0000

There was a third dishonor killing case between those of Aqsa Parvez and the Said sisters. This one occurred in suburban Chicago. A father killed his daughter, her husband, her child, and the couple’s fetus by setting fire to their apartment building. He was unhappy because he believed his daughter had married beneath her caste.

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
“Reclaiming Honor in Jordan”