Shouldn't wearing the hijab be something a woman does instead of having it forced on her? Islam does not appear to be the religion of peace for women, it appears to be the religion of oppression.
A Mississauga, Ont. cab driver has been charged with the murder of his 16-year-old daughter, who was attacked in the family home after clashing with her strict Muslim family over whether or not to wear the hijab, the traditional Islamic head scarf for women.(via)
Muhammad Parvez, 57, was charged after his daughter Aqsa Parvez died in hospital late Monday.
The victim's older brother Waqas Parvez, was charged with obstructing police in connection with the girl's death.
Police were called to a home in Mississauga early Monday morning by a man who told 911 operators that he had killed his daughter.
They found Aqsa Parvez lying motionless on the floor of her bedroom, to all appearances dead, but paramedics found a faint pulse and rushed her to hospital. The teenager succumbed to her injuries several hours later, police said Tuesday.
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"She was scared of her father: He was always controlling her," said Dominiquia Holmes-Thompson, a friend and classmate at Applewood Heights Secondary School, where both were Grade 11 students. "She wasn't allowed to go out or do anything: That's why she left."
