Mohammad, Tooba Yahya, and Hamed Shafia found guilty – maybe something good can come from this

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Mohammad, Tooba Yahya, and Hamed Shafia found guilty – maybe something good can come from this

My friends know what I think of the trial of Mohammad, Tooba Yahya, and Hamed Shafia. They also know of my strong feelings of the crime along with the total frustration of this strong cultural base of abuse, coming along with the immigrants coming to Canada, should not be tolerated in any fashion.

Simply put, there is no way that this kind of attitude belongs as part of our society. The people are welcome but the attitude of “supreme honor” of a family being harmed by fellow Canadians should not be tolerated. If you want to be Canadian it means to leave that stuff behind and become Canadian that lives with other Canadians.

Well you likely have heard the news already. Mohammad, Tooba Yahya, and Hamed Shafia were all found guilty of First Degree Murder yesterday in the Kingston, Ontario court. They will now be housed by our Federal Prison system for the next 25 years at least… and maybe longer. The so called Honor Killings have been taken care of by our justice system.

I am guessing at this but from I have surmised, Mohammad and Hamed will likely stay in the Kingston Penitentiary for the next 25 years in a fairly closed off area with little contact with the other population. One good thing is that Hamed will be close enough to look after his father. Tooba Yahya will be heading to the Grand Valley Institution near Kitchener, Ontario.

None of the residences that they will now be living in will look anywhere near the mansion that they intended to build in the Montreal area.

Each new place that they will live in will have a multi-purpose Chapel where they will be able to attend the Islamic services. They will be able to pray as many times a day as they would like or be required to by their Faith Group. They will be accommodated to be as religious as they would desire to and they will be protected in every way possible.

This is a high profile case and they will be looked after in that way.

I am guessing that at this part, but I think that Russell Williams and maybe Paul Bernardo will be just down the hall from the guys. They will have lovely neighbours to connect with – but that will not likely happen too often as they all are fairly restricted in where and when they move anywhere in the prison. That is for a very good reason too. No one inside likes them either.

I have ranted and raved enough now. Leave it alone. Time to move on.

BUT there are some really good things happening now as a result of these charges and convictions of the Shafia family leaders. The community groups that have to look after this kind of thing where the women are being abused, the children are being threatened will find some help. The leadership of family services or all sorts – have a very good but totally bad example of what can and does go wrong when NO ONE LISTENED or SAW THE SIGNS OF ABUSE.

Newspaper reports this AM are making some great revelations of the support systems in different communities.

It is hoped that Islamic women and maybe the children, from some of the extremist groups, will have followed these reports and stories of the trials. And if they are being abused, they will get out of where they are and find help – NOW!

Personally I hope even for the men that perpetuate this kind of thinking will change too.

But it is not just the extreme Islamic religious people that have had this wake up call, it is also all of the extreme, cultural practicing people of all people groups that do not allow the freedom of their women and children when they come to Canada. It is for anyone that wishes to live her or his life free from that horrific abuse.

It is a revelation for some of us that groups that are from the Islamic Faith are stepping up and saying that you cannot do this in Canada. And that is true of other Faith Groups and Cultural Groups as well. People in their circles of influence from very different cultural groups, are taking positive steps to help these sometimes ignorant fathers to change.

As much as I cannot stand what the Shafia family has done… it is good in a certain way. Their actions have helped everyone in Canada to begin addressing these wrongs and somehow make it better for the new Canadians.

Teachers, Principals and School Administrators will now be able to take a stronger stand when they address some of the things they face. Community Groups that will be able to listen will do so and perhaps find a safe place for the ongoing harm that is being offered.

The final words to post… Judge Robert Maranger said in his final comments… quote…
"There is nothing more honourless than the deliberate murder of, in the case of Mohammad Shafia, three of his daughters and his wife, in the case of Tooba Yahya, three of her daughters and a stepmother to all her children, in the case of Hamed Shafia, three sisters and a mother.

"The apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that the four completely innocent victims offended your twisted notion of honour, a notion of honour that is founded upon the domination and control of women, a sick notion of honour that has absolutely no place in any civilized society."
End quote (Calgary Herald source below)

Something good is coming from this tragedy. I just know it will.

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Resource:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/understanding-the-dynamics-of-a-crime-of-honour/article2319090/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2319090

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/Jurors+heard+different+accounts+murder+plots/6071451/story.html

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/There+honour+shameless+murders/6070834/story.html