A Religious man tries to kill his daugther - have you heard?

This is a common enough occurrence in most muslim nations where girls and women are treated more as family possessions than individuals. Any insubordination from girls is dealt with in the most ruthless and often fatal way so as to teach others a lesson. It is nothing but patriarchy at its worse and since these nations do not have any civil laws as such and only follow the Islamic Shariat, you can well imagine the plight of women and girls. Honour killings are a very common way of keeping the girls confined to their homes and preventing them from marrying anyone without the family’s permission. It is best if we do not interfere into the lives of these people as they are basically not open to any logic other than their medieval sense of understanding. You never know but even commenting on such ‘atrocities’ can amount to insulting the religious beliefs of Muslims, derogatory to Islam blah blah blah and we may have another bombing over it.

I'm a Muslim. Beliefs and practices should not be compelled on one or even daughter. As a matter of guiding our kids we can teach them about belief and advise them, and it can be done as any other normal things we teach. But harming or trying to kill is never a suggested solution by Islam, If she is not at all want to follow, still parents can advice her properly as dealing any other matter. If she continues to reject, it's up to her. Running away with bf/gf is not Islamic related one, It happen everywhere.

This is soo absurd and unbelievable, how can you treat your own child that way? I have heard such stories happening in muslim countries but I think they should do or limit such things in countries where it is strongly practised and backed by the law. The man should realise that in toronto there are other teenagers who would have influenced her to dress that way.

Muslims are so possessive about their religion that they can do anything for it. Being possessive about a relegion is also fine, but to kill someone to safeguard your relegion means you are going against all the relegions. That's not a good thing.

i'm extremely sorry to hear about the unfortunate girl. it is sad when people react the way they do, in the name of religion! anger too makes demons out of men. fanaticism and anger are a deadly combination, and that is what must have happened in the first place. anyway, it is too bad.

This is indeed a sad and shocking story, and as several posts prior to mine have pointed out, it is also an act of fanatacism/extremism. I am an 18 year old Malay/Indonesian Muslim from South Africa. It is sad to see that some so-called Muslims would put "honour" and "attire" above what true Islam considers the greatest gift of all - Life. The truth is that fanaticism has and will most probably always exist. There is no excuse for what these people have done but i can guarantee you that this is not what my religion promotes; this is what results when an unsound mind misinteprets the teachings of a, probably corrupted leader. In my humble opinion I believe that there are two problems that are aiding this kind of inhumane behaviour: The first problem is rooted in the Muslim community. We need to start taking accountability as carriers of our faith and start weeding out these bad apples. Although theses extremists are in the minority, they're the ones recieving the media attention, killing innocents (which is forbid in Islam). The problem is the Muslim community's response - or should i say the lack thereof. Muslims need to STOP the silence and show the world that these people are shaming our way of life and that this IS NOT ISLAM. I am an 18 year old trying to voice the truth to people I honestly believe are not xenophobes, nor "muslim haters" but people that are simply basing their attitudes on what they see happening. It's our responsibility to show them that what they are seeing IS NOT ISLAM. The second problem stems from the media, who indulge in every occurence that involves anyone or anything related to Islam, labelling killers by their religion only if they're Muslim. I understand that many of these terrorists claim their deeds to be of religious motivation. In all honesty I believe that most informed minds know that this is not the case but the media persists in promoting this notion. That is one of the media's means of making money anyway - by adding fuel to the fire. Furthermore, I think that nobody is blinded to the fact that Bush's schemes to "HELP" the countries of the middle east is only aggrevating the problem and generating more "America-haters". Right now, that's the last thing we need. I typed this out at 4:35 AM, and I am not at my full senses so I do not know whether you will find much meaning in what i have said. I do however sincerely apologise on behalf of these so-called muslims are doing and am certainly trying to weed them out. I ask for your support and understanding. Also, I would appreciate your suggestions and opinions on what needs to be done on both the Muslims' and Media's sides. Peace be with you all, and God Bless

People in certain religious groups are too out of control. I am all for freedom of religion, but once that religion promotes violence someone should step in and reform that religion to what it should be about.