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| Subject: Muslim girl strangled by father for not wearing hijab |
Friends of a Canadian Muslim teenager say she was murdered in a family dispute over her choice not to wear traditional clothing. 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 teenager's friends said that she often complained of her situation at home. They said that Parvez no longer wished to wear the hijab, and would take it off when she arrived at school and then put it back on before returning home. "People said her brothers and sisters followed her to see if she was wearing her headscarf or not," one student said in a TV interview.
The victim's father, Muhammad Parvez, 57, appeared in court on Tuesday charged with murder. Her brother, Waqas Parvez, 26, is also charged in the investigation with obstructing police.
National Secular Society newsline 14 December 2007 |
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