Canada to Immigrants: No Tolerance for "Honor" Killing

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
November 13, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/650/canada-immigrants-honor-killing

Excerpt:

The Canadian government has just revamped its citizenship guide for immigrants. The document is titled "The Rights and Responsibilities of Canadian Citizenship." According to Canada's National Post,

"In Canada, men and women are equal under the law," the document says. "Canada's openness and generosity do not extend to barbaric cultural practices that tolerate spousal abuse, 'honour killings,' female genital mutilation or other gender-based violence. Those guilty of these crimes are severely punished under Canada's criminal laws."

Western governments are beginning to wake up to dangerous or "barbaric" practices among immigrants—especially among Muslim immigrants. Whether such practices are pre-Islamic, non-Islamic, even anti-Islamic (and people have argued all of the above), the truth is that certain "barbaric" practices are most often committed by Muslims against Muslims. Sikhs and Hindus, to a much lesser extent, also commit honor murders.

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