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more about #honorkilling BritneyCanadaWhore: this story has been killing me for days now. i cried at my desk yesterday reading a globe story, as much because of the horror of the story itself as... more » superconnected (is it time to leave?): Bit late to the party here, but I go to school in Kingston and there's some good alternative media coverage of this. Campus radio station alt news sho... more » LadyFabulous: However, a relative says the family were not strict Muslims. Muslim or not, strict or not, have these people not thought that in parts of Afghanistan ... more » shoroko: Exactly. We seem to forget that the person most likely to kill you is your spouse, or that in the murder of a child, the first suspects are always the... more » OdeletteCapys: Ugh, the worst journalist in Canada - Christie Blatchford. The woman famous for describing a murdered Asian girl with, "straight, jet-black hair as o... more » PilgrimSoul: Oh, Christie Blatchford. She's Canada's wannabe ridiculous American journalist, pay no attention to her. more » truckasaurus: I just don't understand - why move to a Western country if you're so disgusted by the values it embodies? It's like moving to Vail and then being surp... more » thecameralovesyou: I live in Toronto, and this story is all over the news right now. I'm feeling memories of Susan Smith at the moment, with the news that the mother, fa... more » elephante: I'm confused. Are honor killings acceptable according to Islam? I didn't think they were. Assuming the first wife's sister is correct about the motiv... more » lavenderstain: This is so sad. Just read this on my way to work, and I just cant shake the feeling. I come from a middle eastern, but non-religious family. while my... more » EvaNuddleman: Annabellie, I live in Kingston too and you are right that people in Kingston have been very suspicious of how a car could accidently get into the can... more » ZemarSea Urchin: Many of the people who immigrate from their home countries bring that environment with the values and mores they have been raised with and enforce it ... more » transatlanticist: Well-handled piece - I've been really disturbed by some of the knee-jerk commentary on this story on the CBC web site. I just wish we would get away f... more » MissyMcCLung: I think the idea of someone killing their three children and family member is so heinous that we latch on to any explanation. Because it goes against... more » bellejay: I sent this tip in yesterday. I find the story so complex and difficult to figure out, not to mention tragic. I generally hate Christie Blachford, bec... more » ALittleBitGothic2.0: We don't yet know for sure that this was murder, but, for the sake of argument, let's say it was. If so, it may or may not be an honor killing. If it... more » Bailey's does the body good: The term "honour killing" is one I have substantial issues with. I'm Canadian, and this is maybe the fourth honour killing we've experienced in the la... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: Some of us have different core beliefs, different family values, different sets of rules; certainly these individuals, in particular the three teenage... more » vivianthelibrarian: I just read this story while waiting for coffee in the break room. I initially also thought it was probably a bit premature to decide this was definat... more » Trulymadlyme: Exactly. The issue of motivation is what people seem to have a hard time with,here. Honor killing and child abuse based upon religious expectations ma... more » -
#amatterofhonor
Were The Deaths Of Four Canadian Women "Honor Killings"?
On June 30, three teen girls and a 50-year-old woman were found dead in a submerged car outside of Kingston, Ontario. Now the girls' parents and brother have been arrested, and many are asking whether this was an "honor killing." More » -
#leftovers
Over-The-Counter Paternity Test Coming To Britain • Hogs To Devour 100-Pound Cupcake
An over-the-counter paternity test will soon be available in Britain. The kit's just £30 (about $50), but it costs an extra £119 to send away to a lab in New Mexico for the results. • More » -
#complicatedconversations
Again, Let's Stop Pretending Aasiya Hassan's Murder Is About Islam
The news that Muzzammil Hassan decapitated his wife Aasiya Hassan left far too many people dropping the words "honor killing" and intimating that his crime was somehow prompted by his religion. More »
