Kingston Police Call It A "Muslim Honor Killing"
Family Charged with 4 Counts of First Degree Murder and 4 Counts of Conspiracy to Commit Murder

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
July 23, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/593/kingston-police-muslim-honor-killing

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At 2pm EST today, on a CFRA radio press conference, it was announced that the deaths of four Afghan-Canadian girls and women was a "Muslim honor killing." If so, this is the fifth known honor killing in Canada since 1999 and it brings the death toll to nine victims. I am no statistician but I have friends who are and they tell me that this is a very high number given that the Muslim population in Canada is no more than 750,000.

Let's hear it for the Canadian police! They have just charged the Shafi family with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of conspiracy to commit murder in this case. In other words, they understand that both classic and often unique honor murders are planned and performed by families, not only by individuals.

Kingston police chief, Stephen Tanner said "It was a needless and senseless loss of human life…They had their lives cut short by members of their own family."

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