We hear a great deal about Muslim women in the West who are supposedly harassed and discriminated against for wearing the hijab. That may happen in some cases, although such claims have often been fabricated; in any case, such loutish behavior is never justified. But who is standing for women who are harassed and discriminated against, or worse, for not wearing the hijab?
Does anyone remember Aqsa Parvez, whose Muslim father choked her to death with her hijab after she refused to wear it? Or Aqsa and Amina Muse Ali, a Christian woman in Somalia whom Muslims murdered because she wasn’t wearing a hijab? Or the Muslim woman in Italy who was raped and beaten by her husband, and forced to wear a burqa? Or the 40 women who were murdered in Iraq in 2007 for not wearing the hijab; or Alya Al-Safar, whose Muslim cousin threatened to kill her and harm her family because she stopped wearing the hijab in Britain; or Amira Osman Hamid, who faced whipping in Sudan for refusing to wear the hijab; or the Egyptian girl, also named Amira, who committed suicide after being brutalized for her family for refusing to wear the hijab; or the Muslim and non-Muslim teachers at the Islamic College of South Australia who were told that they had to wear the hijab or be fired; or the women in Chechnya whom police shot with paintballs because they weren’t wearing hijab; or the women also in Chechnya who were threatened by men with automatic rifles for not wearing hijab; or the elementary school teachers in Tunisia who were threatened with death for not wearing hijab; or the Syrian schoolgirls who were forbidden to go to school unless they wore hijab; or the women in Gaza whom Hamas has forced to wear hijab; or the women in Iran who protested against the regime by daring to take off their legally-required hijab; or the women in London whom Muslim thugs threatened to murder if they didn’t wear hijab; or the anonymous young Muslim woman who doffed her hijab outside her home and started living a double life in fear of her parents, or all the other women and girls who have been killed or threatened, or who live in fear for daring not to wear the hijab?
“Man accused of beating daughter who refused to wear hijab,” CBC News, October 26, 2017:
Gatineau police have charged a man for allegedly beating his teenage daughter over the course of more than a year because she refused to wear a hijab.
The 35-year-old father is facing one count each of assault, assault with a weapon and uttering death threats, police said in a news release Thursday.
In what police described as a case of so-called “honour-based” violence, the father began the series of assaults upon learning his daughter had removed her religious head covering when she left the family home. …
elee says
Why don’t these incidents get prosecuted as hate crimes? Every criminal act performed by a Muslim pursuant to the commands of their filthy Holy Book qualifies under the letter of most hate-crime laws—-which prohibit committing criminal acts against anyone based on the actor’s perception of the person as a member of a protected (generally ethnic, religious or sexual) group.
PRCS says
Per Canadian law?
elee says
I have no specific knowledge of Canadian (national or provincial) laws on the subject. My knowledge has to do with American criminal law, where most legislation has the features I mentioned above. Anyone have specific knowledge of Canadian criminal law? As an American I believe our laws should be used against jihadist criminals and that our authorities choose to ignore the letter of the law in prosecuting these incidents.
john spielman says
there are strict hate crime laws in Canada . if a person tried to pull a hijab off a muslim-
that would be serious assault
mortimer says
John, the ‘hate crime’ you refer to is Promoting Genocide. It gets you 5 years.
Charles says
elee, Quebec (Ontario’s geographical neighbour) has just ruled that Muslim jihadists must show their faces in banks, schools, etc.
Why don’t they order them as well to disclose what they are concealing under their long flowing robes?
John Forbes says
WITH MUSLIM JUSTIN & HIS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SOROS LIBERALS THERE IS LITTLE TO NO CHANCE OF ANY CHARGES FOR ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO BE EVEN RECORDER LET ALONE FILED OR BROUGHT TO COURT !
HIS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AGENDA OF GETTING M-103 IN AS A BILL & THEN INTRODUCING BLASPHEMY LAWS IS WELL ON TRACK !
AFTER THAT COMES THE FULL SHARIA PUSH FOR CANADA !
YET ACCORDING TO NATION WIDE POLLS MUSLIM TRUDEAU WOULD WIN TOMORROW SHOULD AN ELECTION BE CALLED !
HAVE TO FIND A FAR BETTER OPPOSITION LEADER THAN SHEER !
Harold says
And what kind of punishment await those women who refuse to wear a niqab or burka in accordance with their husband’s orders? Full face covering is the demand of the Islamic extremist and should be banned in Canada. Bill 62 in Quebec is a good start.
PRCS says
Islamic extremist
Definition, please.
elee says
“There is no moderate Islam or extreme Islam. There is just Islam.”
—–Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Charles says
elee, “There is no moderate Islam”. Absolutely !!
Terry Gain says
Devout Muslim.
Anti-jihad says
Beaten because she wouldn’t wear the hijab. The old “personal choice” argument doesn’t even enter into it. You will wear it or you will be beaten.
Keys says
Yes, no compulsion in Islam; just beatings, beheadings, mutilations, murders, slavery, stabbings, crucifixtions, torture, jizya, etc., but no compulsion.
mortimer says
The ‘compulsion’ verse (2:256) refers to mothers who did not want to raise their children as Muslims and were told they were not ‘compelled’ to keep a sacred vow. They were not ‘compelled’ by a vow to stay out of Islam. Mohammed in 2:256 is saying, ‘IGNORE THAT VOW THAT YOU MADE… DO NOT KEEP YOUR VOW.’ It is a one-way compulsion and DOES NOT APPLY TO MUSLIMS !!!
Mohammed clearly used compulsion to force people into Islam. They did not need to believe it, but they needed to pretend by saying the words and becoming a member of Mohammed’s gang of hoodlums, promising not to betray them.
The ‘compulsion’ in
mortimer says
M103 says you can’t criticize Muslims beating or honor-killing their children.
M103 says Muslims can get away with murder and not be criticized either in the press or on the street … or one is guilty of ISLAMOPHOBIA.
Honor-killing CANNOT BE CRITICIZED.
Verbal criticism of Islam = jail time.
elee says
I just read M-103. It looks to me as though it should be aggressively pursued by those whom Muslims traditionally victimize for their ethnicity religion or sexuality. Muslim crime against e.g. Armenians, Jews, Chaldeans, alevis……fits squarely within the words of the resolution. So who’s implementing this stuff? A curious Yank wants to know.
mortimer says
Elee, M103 is a non-binding RESOLUTION. M103 has led to a COMMITTEE STUDYING whether they can RESTRICT FREEDOM TO CRITICIZE ISLAM.
The committee has found that Islam is an ideology that CAN be criticized. Now the government looks STUPID.
The committee (even government members) have looked at the repercussions. The result of a BILL based on M103 would be to have a SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE which would throw out the BILL. The government would then look VERY STUPID.
Jewish organizations in Canada have already CHALLENGED the ‘Islamophobia’ restrictions and have already WON A NUMBER OF REPREPRESENTATIONS… particularly Bnai Brith which recently created a precedent-setting challenge and force the Toronto School Board to retract its defense of POLITICAL ISLAM.
It’s now looking that the committee is not convinced there can be a special protection for Islam for that would end the freedom of speech in Canada guaranteed in the Charter of Rights. It looks like this duck is now dead in the water.
It was pandering to the Muslim Brotherhood.
mariam rove says
And keep importing they in droves. m
Older Canadian says
This poor girl.
Yes in this religion a female is not allowed to ever feel the wind in their hair.
Therefore her father should also be charged with child abuse.
bat 21 says
Expanding the Arabic language curriculum into a provincial program of study will provide more options for school authorities to best meet the needs of the communities they serve. After development of the curriculum is complete, resources will be made available to allow other interested school authorities to implement the program in their school–David Eggen, Minister of Education, Alberta
“We are excited about this initiative because it will give more children across Alberta the opportunity to improve their proficiency in Arabic ,which is both an important community and world language. Our district recognizes the important role of our community partners, such as the Canadian Arab Friendship association, to ensure the success of our Arabic programming”. Michelle Draper, board chair, Edmonton Public School Board.
We are thrilled to be moving forward in out commitment to develop the provincial Arabic Language arts K-12 curriculum by September 2018. David Eggan, Minister of Education
The population of the province of Alberta(2016 Census) 4,067,175
The number of individuals that indicated that they speak Arabic —24,230
Education Jihad!!
utis says
Rank, blubbering submission to islamic terrorism. The kids would be better off learning Mandarin or Cantonese, or Spanish. Much larger populations, with many more positive contributions to humanity.
And will the provincial kids get a choice about what language they want to struggle with? I bet not. Are the “educators” getting money from the “friendship” association, or just death threats to their families? This is one more example of pietism being not just a religious disease.
gravenimage says
Yes–education Jihad is exactly what this is.
gravenimage says
Canada: Muslim accused of beating daughter who refused to wear hijab
…………………….
Grimly, this should not surprise. Muslim cleric Muhammed Al-Isikali said, “by the age of 10, it becomes an obligation on us to force her to wear Hijab, and it she doesn’t wear Hijab, we hit her”.
I just hope Canadian authorities refuse to put up with this savagery.
skeptic says
Raheel Raza talks about the madness going on in Canada: https://youtu.be/UrXGJF7t5BU
Matthieu Baudin says
“… But who is standing for women who are harassed and discriminated against, or worse, for not wearing the hijab?…”
Those of us who refuse to make excuses for cultural backwardness, intimidation and oppression within the home. There are many women, and men, born into Muslim households, who privately scour Jihad Watch and other reformist sites and cheer us on in their hearts.
Sydney Fox says
I don’t know what the girl’s problem was. She should have been feeling empowered and feminist in her hijab, just like Justin Trudeau, Linda Sarsour, and their friends all say.
She could have preferred placement in universities, colleges, and jobs. She could be in stock photos and advertisements. She could be sitting on human rights tribunals and company boards. She could be getting grants and running non-profit organizations and going into public schools educating on the joys of Islam. She could be suing anyone who looks at her sideways.
It’s fun! It’s diverse! Dumb girl. Can’t see which side of her bread is buttered. Tsk-tsk.
tgusa says
In the future, the only women that will retain their rights are western women who in the USA would be classified as conservative women. Why, because we conservative western men will fight. Western lefties will sacrifice every bit of what we have built and slowly but surely capitulate.We have seen it over and over again and it is easier to understand in light of the recent revelations of extremely bad behavior among the power players on the left. Their men are unprincipled gutless leches.
So enjoy your western rights while they last lefty women
Bet you someday wish that you were with the right lefty ladies!
Mike Proulx says
Lock him up for child abuse
jay says
If the Dad demands that his daughter wear the hijab or ” we’ll hit her ” he is a coward and shameless. He wants to send his daughter out in the world carrying the burden of this ” Islamist militant Supremacy symbol…” the hijab and / or niqab. Why doesn’t the Dad wear one? Make him wear one and see how he likes it. Question: How did this creepy father get accepted into Canada ? This is the last problem Canada needs now. It sets the women’s movement back 1000 years. We have modern problems to deal with….and now these muslims are bringing this shocking sideshow distraction.
Dum Spiro says
Here is a short video from The Rebel about this very story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-caCMm8e24
That should be illustrative…
— Spero