NEWS. A relatively young Muslim girl, who is perceived as too westernized, too "happy," too independent, too ambitious, is, therefore, perceived as dishonoring her family who, to cleanse their shame, kill her. Our Correspondent. The Afghan Taliban leader's brother was among four people killed in a blast at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan Friday, insurgent sources and a Pakistani official told AFP. However, Muslim women have been killed by their families for things such as refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, wearing Western clothing, or even on the basis of rumors about her behavior. Even when the New World frees people from the caste, class, and tribal rivalries that would mean constant warfare in the Old Country? And, as I watch documentaries and videos in which Arab and Muslim women argue in favor of womens' subordinate status, I can't help but note how very angry and aggressive these women in head and shoulder scarves are—how filled with hate they are for those women who seek women's elevation within the mosque. "NATO soldiers kill boy, 2, and girl, 4 KABUL - Canadian soldiers opened fire on a speeding car they feared was about to attack their convoy, killing a 2-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister, officials said yesterday.NATO and the Canadian military said in statements that the troops near Kandahar opened fire Sunday after the driver ignored repeated signals to keep back. The defense rejected the honor-killing explanation, contending that the immigrant family had been simply dysfunctional. Canadian veteran Lionel Desmond, 33, shot and killed his wife Shanna, his 10-year-old daughter Aaliyah, and his mother, Brenda, and then himself in Nova Scotia in January 2017. Afghan security forces have since moved Gul and her 12-year-old brother Habibullah — who was alongside his sister during the hour-long ordeal — to a safer place, Aber said. Prosecutors, who had sought an exemplary sentence to deter future honor killings, asked in vain for the psychologist to be dismissed and a mistrial declared. Both victims died. ", In other words: Sadiqi will argue that the alleged "dishonor" his sister brought upon her family by choosing her own husband was a "provocation." In one was a black velvet bag with a black ribbon that contained the items he’d held in his pockets that day: an Altoid box that I had decorated and filled with family photos, and a poem by Brian Andreas that was read at our brother Sam’s wedding. Hasibullah was both abused by and yet modelled himself after an abusive paternal role model. According to local authorities in western Herat province of Afghanistan, a 25 year old Afghan girl was murdered by his brother in … My Brother Was Killed in Afghanistan. Imams have a strong influence on Muslims living in Germany. ... On it, Ben had written, “To my little sister Annie. Thus, neither the burq'a nor the chador, polygamy nor arranged marriage, the habit of savagely demeaning and physically battering a wife—none are necessarily considered as related to femicide, which an honor killing surely is. And it is a BRIEF (natch)! This suggests that he wanted to assassinate her way of thinking; it also suggests that this was a political execution. In the photos of honor murder victims, (I keep the smiling photos of the Said sisters, Amina and Sarah, near me), the young girls seem so vivacious, so alive, so lively, so happy, that perhaps, this very fact offends and threatens the same people who are offended by the pro-life vitality of Israelis and Westerners. Defense lawyers welcomed the psychologist's testimony. | Mobile version. Our first step was to contact both the Afghan and the US militaries. Perhaps the Arab/Al-Qaeda influence in Afghanistan and living in an era of global jihad have endangered Afghan and Muslim women even further. O. admitted the stabbing after his arrest, but declined to testify in court. (18.01.2009), Religious leaders in mosques are for the large part men. It is titled The Mosque in Morgantown and will air on June 15th, 2009.). However, the abusive father retained custody of the children. About 40 insurgents last … Heidemarie Grobe of the group Terres des Femmes insisted that Morsal's death fitted the honor-killing pattern. "Her manager, Jenny Jeffrey, said the young woman was gorgeous, both in looks and personality. Afghan couple killed three teenage daughters in honour killing. The Mahmudiyah rape and killings were war crimes involving the gang-rape and murder of 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and the murder of her family by United States Army soldiers on March 12, 2006. Just before the trial ended, the defendant, who had several previous convictions for assault, suddenly burst into tears and sobbed that he had never meant to kill Morsal. Perhaps it is a matter of definition. Apparently, he routinely abused Khatera; Hasibullah was often her protector. In the fall of 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, a twenty three-year-old Afghan brother, Hasibullah Sadiqi, shot his 20 year-old sister, Khatera Sadiqi, and her fiance, Feroz Mangal, while they sat in a parked car.Both victims died. Morsal, who had won a civic prize for setting up a peer-counselling project at her school, had complained several times to youth-aid counsellors about her brother and parents. Can we educate domestic jihadists here? Facebook Count. Cop kills father, wounds mother, sister, brother — Related articles from other sources. One of their tasks is the issuing of fatwas -- religious opinions on Islamic law which can serve as behavioral guidelines for Muslims in specific situations. Man kills sister, brother-in-law for ‘honour’ Karachi. The rockets landed in various parts … 's lawyers denied that he carried out an honor killing. A court-appointed psychologist said O. had a personality disorder that made his temper uncontrollable. Perhaps Canadian laws which allowed an abusive father to nevertheless retain custody of children are to blame. Zein Isa insisted that he did this in "self-defense.". They said O. killed his sister in a fit of sudden passion and did not deserve the most severe penalty. Perhaps they are right. Legal notice | Contact Khatera was not cowering, she was not cowed, nor was she obedient and subordinate. Will someone argue that the stress of immigration made these men murder? The girl and her brother are being brought to the Afghan capital Kabul to meet President Ashraf Ghani as a result of their bravery. We are not accepting comments at this time, please go to the Facebook page to generate discussion. Afghan official: Bombing kills 2 Kabul University lecturers ... — An Afghan police spokesman says a bombing in Kabul has killed two lecturers at the Kabul University. In Germany, just over a dozen female imams work in their communities. Afghan Stabbed Teenage Sister … In the fall of 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, a twenty three-year-old Afghan brother, Hasibullah Sadiqi, shot his 20 year-old sister, Khatera Sadiqi, and her fiance, Feroz Mangal, while they sat in a parked car. An Afghan soldier stabbed his teenage sister to death after she rejected a marriage proposal arranged by her family, police said on Tuesday, in what appears to be a so-called “honour killing”. OC. "The brother usually claims the monopoly of force over the sister.". (There is an important PBS feature due out in June which documents Asra Nomani's struggle to elevate Muslim women. Now, back to the Ottawa trial. For this, her brother, (and perhaps her family), decided she deserved to die. 1 Summary 2 Plot 3 Cast 3.1 Main cast 3.2 Recurring cast 3.3 Guest cast 4 References 5 Quotes 6 Background information and notes 6.1 Episode scene cards The case of an assaulted woman found in a park leads to an investigation involving a clash of cultures and a family's honor. Yet, my Afghan friends assure me that honor killings are foreign to Afghanistan. ... To carry out his plan, he bought the pistol from an unidentified man of Afghan origin at a cost of Rs7000. But the practice of "importing" partners from Turkey creates new immigrants and stands in the way of integration. Pajhwok Afghan News. (09.11.2008), Many German Turks are pressured to marry only within their ethnic and religious group. The term refers to a Muslim daughter being executed by the males of her own family, who jointly decide she has disgraced the family's honor through her sexual behavior. Afghanistan 1y ago. The attack shocked the entire city. Morsal was stabbed to death in a Hamburg parking lot. She grasped her happiness with both hands. An Austrian court today sentenced an Afghan man to life in prison for fatally stabbing his teenage sister 28 times in a so-called "honor" killing.. The case gained nationwide attention, amid a controversy over whether Muslim immigrants were importing the archaic central Asian custom of honor killing to Germany. Many Muslims, including Afghans, as well as everyone else, (especially if they themselves are modern, sophisticated, educated, "westernized"), do not often acknowledge that the traditional indignities visited upon Afghan and Muslim women in which women are sacrificed, bit by bit, all throughout their lives, are tantamount to a long drawn out human sacrifice. A brother accidentally shoots and kills his teen sister while playing with a gun in their home. Expand. Pajhwok Afghan News. Her brother will stand trial and, in my opinion, her mother should be indicted as well as a co-conspirator. Twitter Share . MAIL. A Correspondent 30 Jan 2017. Now, three years later, Sadiqi is on trial. Din Mohammad was sentenced to 20 years in prison two years ago for killing his mother-in-law, and his wife's brother and sister in the northern province of Samangan. In court, Hasibullah and Khatera's mother, Nasima Fayez, just broke down weeping. Afghan security forces have since moved Qamar and her 12-year-old brother, Habibullah — who was alongside his sister during the hour-long ordeal — to a safer place. But how are we to understand honor killings in Canada and in the United States, in Ottawa, Henrietta, and Buffalo, where, in 2009, long time Pakistani immigrant, Muzammil Hassan, beheaded his wife Aasiya? Her crime? Now, three years later, Sadiqi is on trial. According to the Ottawa Citizen, "The defence is expected to advance the argument of provocation, which could reduce a murder charge to manslaughter…The Crown, meanwhile, intends to prove that Sadiqi's actions were planned and deliberate. In a crime that outraged Germany, the 24-year-old, identified as Ahmad-Sobair O., killed his sister Morsal on May 15, 2008, a day after she approached welfare officials in Hamburg for protection from her brother. Afghanistan 1y ago. She was pleasant. Defense lawyer Thomas Bliwier denounced the "politicking" in Germany over the case. In the spring of 2008, in Henrietta, New York, another Afghan brother, Waheed Allah Mohammed, goaded by his mother, stabbed his sister Fauzia many times. German campaigners against honor killings demonstrated outside the courtroom. US accidentally kills 17 Afghan police after airstrike ‘miscommunication’ ... Arezo's younger sister Habiba cares for her, takes her to lessons and anywhere she wants to go. An Austrian court today sentenced an Afghan man to life in prison for fatally stabbing his teenage sister 28 times in a so-called "honour" killing. The rocket attacks happened one hour after two explosions in the city. Or, will someone argue that alleged racism in the New World "provokes" bestial, barbaric behavior among Muslim (and sometimes, far more rarely, Sikh) families? Criminal brother killed sister for wearing make-up and mini-skirts. HOME. In a case described by prosecutors as an "honor killing," an Afghan-born man was sentenced on Friday by a Hamburg court to life in prison for having stabbed his own sister to death. Afghan safety forces have since moved Gul and her 12-year-old brother Habibullah — who was alongside his sister throughout the hour-long ordeal — to a safer place, Aber mentioned. AFP 2020-07-21 In this undated photo, Qamar Gul holds an AK-47 across her lap after killing two Taliban fighters in Ghor Province. ... Gul's brother Habibullah, 12, was asleep at the time of the attack but awoke to join his sister, fighting the insurgents for more than an hour. Fighting back: Afghan girl kills Taliban members after they murder her parents Since the incident, social media networks have been flooded with praise for the teenager's 'heroic' act. Man killed along with daughter in Nimroz blast. "It's fixed in the roles inside the families," she said. Privacy Policy | Pajhwok Afghan News. We use cookies to improve our service for you. Terre des Femmes estimates 50 women have been killed in the past decade in Germany for reasons of supposed honor. But this time, over the course of several months, working with Afghan reporters on the ground and the Visual Investigations unit of The New York Times, we were able to prove that the US was responsible for a strike which killed multiple children. Waheed described her as a "bad Muslim girl." The father, a brother, a male cousin, with help from the family's women, carry out this cruel deed. But, according to the National Post, Hasibullah came here when he was quite young. 9 killed, 20 wounded in Helmand rains, floods. Witnesses said Morsal and her brother had a relationship that was a mix of love and hatred, with the spirited, fun-loving girl refusing to bow to her domineering older brother. Tellingly, Hasibullah shot his sister Khatera "in the head and torso" while he shot her fiancée, Feroz, "in the neck and chest." This is similar to Zein Isa, the Palestinian terrorist father who, together with the sixteen year-old girl's mother, Maria, stabbed their allegedly "too-western" teenage daughter, Palestina, to death in St. Louis in 1989. But also, their affect, even their rage, seems dead, flat, as if they are following a script that has been brutally drummed into them all their lives. Apparently, her ex-husband was extremely abusive to both her and to the children. Honour Killing: Man kills sister in Herat province. Yet more women are urgently needed in the mosques for counseling and integration aid. An Afghan soldier stabbed his teenage sister to death after she rejected a marriage proposal arranged by her family, police said Tuesday, in what appears to be a so-called "honour killing".. Brother ‘kills’ sister. Your Name * Recipient Email * 0. Close. By Sajad / in Uncategorized / on Tuesday, 06 Nov 2012 01:35 PM / 0 Comment / 311 views . Posted in: Islamic Gender & Religious Apartheid, Honor Killings, Published on May 08, 2009 by Phyllis Chesler. Or is the sudden shock of immigration enough to plunge people back into barbarism? She divorced him and left Ottawa. O. An Afghan man has killed his wife and his brother’s wife in northern Kunduz province, and managed to escape, local officials said Sunday. The 18-year-old woman was killed Monday in Baharak district of the northeastern province of Badakhshan by her brother, who later fled to a Taliban-controlled […] She was fun. Afghan 'hero' girl kills Taliban fighters who murdered her parents. 'I am proud I killed my parents' murderers,' she said this week. The man, in his early twenties, pleaded guilty to murdering his younger sister in September 2017. In 2006, another news source, [3] CBC, quoted Khatera's boss at a clothing store in a Mall. A brother and a sister, Mashal and Shaqayiq, were among the eight civilians killed in rocket attacks in Kabul on Saturday morning. Psychology 101. A suicide bomber killed his mother, sister and 11-year-old brother when his explosives vest blew up prematurely in southern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.