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Blog Entries by Farzana Hassan from 11/2011

We Shouldn't Hesitate to Call Honour Killings Barbaric

| Posted 11.08.2011 | Canada
Read More: Womens Rights, Muslim Women, Honour Killings, Kingston Canal, Shafia Case, Justin Trudeau, Muslim, Aqsa Parvez, Canada News

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau chided the Conservative government for calling honour killings "barbaric." But why such reluctance to call these heinous crimes using terminology that best describes them? Is it fear of stigmatizing a particular culture or religious community? Is it simply naivete of the worst kind?

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"Honour Killing" Trial: Sinful to Be Canadian?

| Posted 11.14.2011 | Canada
Read More: Honour Killings, Shafia, Honour Killing Trial, Kingston Murder Trial, Mohammad Shafia, Canada News

Muslims emigrating to Canada and the United States need to acknowledge that their children, especially daughters, are human beings. No one has the right to injure and kill daughters due to medieval notions of family honour or disdain for Western society. Mr. Shafia, it is not sinful to be Canadian or American.

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Do Anti-Terrorism Act Amendments Threaten Free Speech?

| Posted 11.22.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Anti-Terrorism, Csis, Anti-Terrorism Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Terrorism in Canada, Anti-Terrorism Laws, Canada Politics News

It's good that the Ministry of Public Safety has decided to introduce amendments to the existing Anti-Terrorism Act of Canada. Even so, such measures may engender considerable controversy under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Human Rights Trump Religious Freedom in Polygamy Case

| Posted 11.24.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Justice Bauman, Multiple Wives, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, BC Polygamy Case, Polygamy in Canada, Winston Blackmore, James Oler, Polygamy Case BC, Canada Politics News

Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms must protect the rights of all individuals, not just of those who commit egregious actions in the name of religious freedom. It is in this spirit that B.C.'s Chief Justice ruled to uphold Canada's polygamy laws.

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