If I kill someone, incarcerate me and punish me for my crime. Please do not malign my family, friends, town, nation or my religion. The crime was mine and no one but I should bear the responsibility and meet the
punishment.
Axa's Dad is a cruel man, he murdered Axa, his own teenage daughter. Killing another human being is like killing the whole of mankind and it is forbidden in Islam and all the civil societies. Muhammad Parvez is a criminal and must be charged as such. Please keep Islam out of this equation. Islam did not kill Axa, nor did Islam authorize such a heinous act.
Every day in your own town, you will find stories where bad men and bad Dad's have abused their kids physically and emotionally, and there are a ton of instances where they have killed them. In all the cases, they wanted to control their offspring to obey them. Muhammad Parvez is no different than those criminals. In all the cases, religion of the criminal was not cited, and that was the right thing to do. And the same principled stand applies to Muhammad Parvez. Islam is not the reason, it is the controlling animal that is scares the insecure men, regardless of their faith, culture, ethnicity or race that killed Axa.
Every human should condemn this act of betraying the trust of a daughter, and certainly Muslims condemn this act. This Criminal's act is not inspired by Islam, although he referenced it in that fashion. We the Muslims additionally condemn Muhammad Parvez for killing another human being and wrongly labeling the religion for his abuse. He does not have a space in Civil Societies.
Mike Ghouse, President
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Additional Notes:
A Zafar Bangash wrote "I suggest this poor girl was as much the victim of incessant propaganda that has made Islam and Muslims the enemy, as she was the victim of her father's brutal assault."
It is a very thoughtful comment. If the society, in this case, Canada sets certain expectations as to what a Canadian ought to be, if it is defined by the mainstream's attitudes, culture and behavior, then it would exclude those who do not conform. That is an inherent flaw in the democratic system. We have to learn to accept and respect the God given uniqueness to each one of the 6 billion of us on this planet, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. I hope the Canadian or any Government, states something to this effect, " Any one who breathes the air off this land, and can look, dress, worship and eat every which way he or she is endowed with, he or she is Canadian" .
The Story at: http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/284350