Canada

Canada: New insights on 'honour killings' in report by Ontario police

Publication Date: 
September 15, 2011
Source: 
The Globe and Mail


The phrase “honour killing” is a misnomer that should be shunned because it emphasizes a twisted rationale for murder rather than the murder itself, and even in Canada the notion has spawned instances of judicial leniency toward the killer, a landmark report on domestic violence among South Asian immigrants concludes.

The report, released Thursday at Toronto Police headquarters, cites numerous other factors as explanations as to why Ontario’s justice system sometimes falls short in addressing family violence – which overwhelmingly means violence toward women and the elderly – among the province’s largest visible-minority group:

Canada/USA: Investigation of Cross-Border Underage Polygamous Marriages

Publication Date: 
August 9, 2011
Source: 
The Canadian Press
Members of the polygamous community of Bountiful, B.C. walk down a road near Creston, B.C. April 2008. (Photo: Jonathan Hay)


VANCOUVER — The RCMP is preparing to head to Texas to look for more than two dozen brides from Bountiful, B.C., who were allegedly sent across the border as teens to marry older men, including a polygamous leader now facing a life sentence for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

The Mounties launched a new criminal investigation into Bountiful earlier this year after a constitutional case examining Canada's anti-polygamy law heard allegations of cross-border marriages in the 1990s and early 2000s.

B.C. Supreme Court heard that more than two dozen girls were sent to the United States to marry older men, while several American girls were married to Canadians.

Time To Lead: Islam in Canada

Publication Date: 
July 6, 2011
Source: 
The Globe and Mail
Natasha Fatah


This summer, thousands of people will become new Canadian citizens. Many of them will be Muslims. They have come to Canada from every corner of the globe and, like my parents did 24 years ago, they will make this peaceful, progressive nation their home.

My parents left behind Pakistan and chose Canada for the same reasons many other Muslim immigrants came here 20, 30 or 40 years ago: for democracy, freedom, stability and modernity.

And herein lies a common misconception amongst “mainstream” Canadians: They’re convinced that, in the average Muslim household, it’s the parent who represents conservatism and tradition, and the Canadian-born children who are modern and fighting against this oppression. This is a falsehood.

Canada: Few disagree that polygamy can cause harm

Publication Date: 
March 31, 2011
Source: 
Vancouver Sun
The genesis of B.C. Supreme Court case on polygamy is allegations of child brides and exploitation in Bountiful


After more than two months of hearing evidence on polygamy, there’s no one in the Vancouver courtroom who disagrees that the practice can be harmful.

The most disturbing evidence the B.C. government presented is that as many as 31 under-aged girls — the youngest only 12 and 13 — were trafficked by their fathers and brothers between the fundamentalist Mormon communities in Bountiful, B.C. and the United States.

Canada: Aqsa Parvez’s father and son have both been given life sentences for her murder

Publication Date: 
June 16, 2010
Source: 
TheToronto Star
Photo: The Toronto Star

For years, Muhammad Parvez had been in absolute control of his family: he set the rules, he made the decisions and he told his eight children, including the adult ones, exactly how to live their lives.

Canada: Polygamy Law

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Polyamorists, civil libertarians, supporters of Holocaust deniers square off against B.C. teachers, a Catholic family coalition, REAL Women

Update: Canadian Polygamist leader, Winston Blackmore

This is a update on the January 2009 WLUML Call for Action in the case of the Canadian Polygamist leader, Winston Blackmore

India - "Holiday Brides" Abandoned by Husbands in UK, US, Canada

Khan/Getty: "Holiday brides" in India have been deserted by husbands from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

"Holiday brides" in India have been deserted by husbands from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

By Soraya Roberts
November 23, 2009

Patriarchy and violence against women exist in all societies

Patriarchy and violence against women exist in all societies

Media are wrong to focus on 'honour killing' as reason for violence

DOLORES CHEW and FARHA NAJAH HUSSAIN, The Gazette