The Montreal Massacrist and Hasibullah Sadiqi Have the Same Kind of Father

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
May 11, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/523/montreal-massacrist-marc-lepine-gamile-gharbi-hasibullah-sadiqi

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Look, I am close to an Afghan brother and sister who are in their thirties and who are very dear to me. This brother would as soon cut off his right hand as harm a single hair on his sister's head. They are both thoroughly westernized, sophisticated, charming—and yet, in many ways, they remain "Afghans." They are devoted to their parents, socialize inter-generationally with Afghan relatives—but they also go "clubbing" with non-Muslims who are closer to them in age. They are usually very upset when Muslims are blamed, hated, feared, and yet they are primarily citizens of the world.

This brother-sister couple grew up in the West from the time they were five years old. Hasibullah Sadiqi, who murdered his sister Khatera and her fiancée in cold blood, came to Canada when he was five months old. Why didn't Hasibullah assimilate?

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