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Muslim guilty of honor killing in Canada

May 31, 2009 11:40 am By Robert Spencer

“The most compelling question, though, and always the most elusive, is why?” It is only elusive because the Islamic community in Canada, like Islamic communities all over the West, is in total denial about the phenomenon of honor killing, and Western authorities are too ignorant and cowed by political correctness and multiculturalism to call those communities to account and demand that they do something to counter this phenomenon — institute transparent, inspectable programs teaching against the attitudes and assumptions that lead to these killings would be a start, but no one is even asking for that.

An update on this story. “Ottawa man guilty of ‘honour killings’: Jury convicts man for murders of sister and her fiance,” by Terri Saunders for The Ottawa Sun, May 31 (thanks to Sounder):

OTTAWA – A man who killed his sister and her fiance because they brought dishonour on his family was sentenced to life in prison yesterday with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Hasibullah Sadiqi, 23, said nothing after a jury of seven men and five women found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the Sept. 19, 2006 gun slayings of his sister, Khatera Sadiqi, 20, and her fiance, Feroz Mangal, 23. The couple were shot to death while they sat in Khatera’s car in the Elmvale Mall parking lot just before 1 a.m.

“Your crimes have shocked and bewildered the people of almost every community in the nation’s capital,” said Ontario Superior Court Justice Douglas Rutherford, who sentenced Sadiqi immediately following the verdict. “The forfeiture of your liberty for the rest of your life only seems just.”

Members of Mangal’s family, including three of his brothers, wept in the courtroom when the verdict was confirmed by Rutherford. Hameed Mangal told the court his family’s lives have not been the same since the killings….

Over the course of the month-long trial, the jury heard from witnesses that Hasibullah Sadiqi was angered by the fact his sister had decided to get engaged to Mangal without seeking the permission of her father, from who she was estranged. Khatera had also begun living with Mangal and his family, another decision which witnesses said upset Hasibullah.

On the evening of Sept. 18, 2006, the couple went for dinner and to a movie with a group of friends that included Hasibullah. Khatera and Mangal drove Hasibullah to where his car was parked near the mall at the end of the evening. Before they could drive away, Hasibullah walked to his car, pulled a loaded Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum handgun from underneath the seat, walked back to Khatera’s car and shot the couple at close range. Khatera died at the scene; Mangal was taken to hospital but died 10 days later when he was removed from life support.

In a victim impact statement read to the court by assistant Crown attorney Mark Moors, Khatera’s mother, Nasima Fayaz wrote about how there remain unanswered questions despite the conclusion of the trial.

“The most compelling question, though, and always the most elusive, is why?” Fayaz wrote. “In this instance, why were two clean-living, law-abiding young people so shockingly removed from this world? Can anyone convincingly answer this question?”

‘TWISTED’ VALUES

At the start of the trial, Moors told the jury the shootings were planned and deliberate — an “honour killing” designed to restore honour to the Sadiqi family through the spilling of Khatera’s blood. Hasibullah considered Khatera’s actions to be contrary to the family’s Afghan heritage, Moors said….

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