Florida mosque leaders called authorities on arrested teen who talked of violence, jihad

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shelton Bell stood out at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville. Not because he was a strawberry blonde American who converted to Islam. It was more because of the way he dressed — in headgear that resembled garb worn by remote tribes in Afghanistan — and mostly because of what

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Father and brother plead guilty in “Honor Killing” in the greater Toronto area

On Dec. 10, 2007, Asqa Parvez’s father called 911 saying he had killed her. When police arrived, they found Ms. Parvez’s mother crying hysterically and her father with blood on his hands. In a Brampton courtroom last week, Ms. Parvez’s father, Muhammad Parvez, 60, and her brother, Waqas Parvez, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

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American blogger coordinates donations to honor Aqsa Parvez

Aqsa Parvez was killed more than a year ago and has been buried in Lot 17 of Brampton, Ontario’s Meadowvale Cemetery, where she’s listed as No. 774. It has yet to be proven in court that Parvez was the victim of a cultural honour killing, but it has been well-reported that both her father and

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Hearings open in the murder trial of Aqsa Parvez

The two men accused in the high-profile death of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez appeared in a Brampton court yesterday as a preliminary hearing began in a case previously described as an alleged honour killing. Ms. Parvez was found strangled in her family’s home on Dec. 10, 2007. Friends have claimed Ms. Parvez had been at odds

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Debate Surrounding “Honour” Killings

The term “honour” killing is under debate in many Western countries, including in Mississauga, Ontario, where the father and brother of teenager Aqsa Parvez will soon appear in court charged with her killing last December. The term itself, claims Craig Offman in this National Post article, is already on trial and remains a sensitive topic

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