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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 03:13 PM Jan 2012

Afghan couple killed three teenage daughters in honour killing



Members of an Afghani refugee family have been jailed for life in Canada for the honour killing of three teenage girls and their stepmother, in a crime which shocked their adopted country.

Mohammad Shafia, the girls' father and husband of the fourth victim, was secretly taped by police describing his daughters as a "disgrace" and complaining that they dated boys and wore inappropriate clothes.

e was sentenced to life in prison along with his second wife, Tooba Yahya – who he was married to illegally – and their 21-year-old son Hamed, the girls' brother.

At least one of the dead girls – Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13 – had unsuccessfully sought help from the police before their deaths.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/9050004/Afghan-couple-killed-three-teenage-daughters-in-honour-killing.html

The murderers perceived their lives as having religious and cultural meaning, but a meaningful life is so subjective, that it is ultimately meaningless.
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Afghan couple killed three teenage daughters in honour killing (Original Post) ZombieHorde Jan 2012 OP
CNN has also been providing good coverage of this ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #1
Religion, the ultimate boat anchor izquierdista Jan 2012 #2
Awful. The poor girls. LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #3
sorry, but there's really no "religion" to this iverglas Jan 2012 #4
Is Easter a religious holiday? nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #5
I hope you find the LBN discussion interesting iverglas Jan 2012 #6
I looked at it. It wasn't. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #7

LeftishBrit

(41,192 posts)
3. Awful. The poor girls.
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:06 PM
Jan 2012

Religious extremism is so often associated with keeping females down, with honour killings being the extreme version of that.

 

iverglas

(38,549 posts)
4. sorry, but there's really no "religion" to this
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:21 PM
Jan 2012

And I say that as a devout and militant atheist, and also a person with serious concerns about the negative effects that attacks on a vulnerable minority's religion can have for members of that community.

You may be interested in discussion in this thread in LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101438448

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