From:
Imam threatened after Shafia decision | CTV Calgary
Leaders in Calgary's Muslim community are also reacting to the Shafia verdict
but for one of those leaders, his support of the verdict has invited threats of
violence.
Imam Syed Soharwardy says he has been threatened nine times in the last
two days for his views on the outcome of the Shafia case.
The founder of the Islamic Council of Canada says the trial ended the way
it should have. ‘I talked about domestic violence and honour killing. That
this is absolutely horrible crimes that in Muslim may come and see this as
there is room in our religion. There is no room for this kind of crime in
religion," said Soharwardy.
The imam says the case has shed light on the tensions and challenges
young Afghan women face and he says government has to do more to
educate those women and their families when they arrive here.
"Not only just have a test, you know, about Canada but before anybody
comes here I think the government has a responsibility to clearly say
what kind of society this Canada is," said Soharwardy.
Police are now investigating the threats against Soharwardy.
Perspective for the outside looking in (from):
Canadian values in spotlight after "honor killings" - The Times of India
TORONTO: The "honor killing" of three teenaged
Canadian girls by members
of their own family has prompted soul-searching in pro-immigration Canada, as
it protects minority religious freedoms and upholds its liberal laws.
Muslim groups said their religion could not be blamed for the quadruple murder
- an elder relative was also killed in the gruesome outburst of family violence.
Adeena Niazi, the executive director of the Afghan Women's Organization in
Toronto said the killings were domestic violence, and not motivated by religion,
culture or an unwillingness to adapt to Canadian values.
"What would happen if the family was not Afghan? What happens if a person
from mainstream kills his girlfriend or wife? Is it a cultural issue? Of course not,"
she said, describing the Afghan community in Canada as outraged by the
quadruple killings.
"Killing is not allowed in the Islamic faith, it is actually denounced," Niazi said.
"Nobody has the right in our religion to take another's life."
