Aqsa Parvez

[kateorman]

Excuse me while I fail to be at all surprised by this: Canadian Muslim girl not killed over hijab: report

I suppose the motive for the murder won't be clear until the trial - by which time the media are likely to have lost interest.

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[hnpcc]

I doubt it was just the hijab - that was more of a symbol of her not doing exactly what her father wanted, which was the basic issue.

But Tahir insisted that the girl's four older sisters were also not forced to wear the hijab all the time at home.

Well no. It was outside the house in the presence of non-related males that would be the problem I think.

And again, the basic issue was her not doing what her father wanted.

[drox]

I think it says something -- about Muslims but even more about Western perception of Muslims -- that so many people were so eager to believe this killing was all about the victim's refusal to wear the hijab.

And perhaps it was, but isn't it a good idea to let the police investigate it first before forming conclusions? Because perhaps it wasn't.

I suppose the motive for the murder won't be clear until the trial...

The motive might still not be clear, even after the trial

...by which time the media are likely to have lost interest.

A murder with religious overtones (whether the majority religion or not) is far more scandalous and titillating than one that happens for other reasons (say f'rinstance money or revenge). I expect that the media will lose interest far faster if it's discovered that the hijab custom and/or Islam in general had little or nothing to do with this killing.