Such a sad story. Truly a case of death by culture.

There are always families with conflicts and challenges as teenagers grow up. It is the culture of the society that generally dictates how they're dealt with, though.

Excellent and sad, and especially kudos to the Pelham town council. Nice sentiment behind the memorial as well, tastefully put.

the incalculable price of religion. another muhamMAD in action.

Fonthill, Welland, St Kitts, Niagara-on-the-Lake (like a friend quipped once 'sounds expensive' LOL !) the entire Niagara Region; I lived there for some 15 years and would like to again. All sorts of fresh locally grown produce this time of year. I suggest anyone has the wherewithal to go to this dedication and then take in all the sights. I used to bicycle from our place Pt Dalhousie to Ball's Falls conservation area using all the back roads.

go there people, reward yourself and show your support for the cause of dignity.

I'm really proud of that little town and it will be a wonderful place for her memory. Not too far from me and i will be there.
Attend if you can for her memory, and, like curious george says, you'll enjoy the trip.

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"dreddedboink says... Truly a case of death by culture."

i remember my sisters pissing off my unreasonably
strict scots father in a similar fashion.

i believe they (and i'm sure they thought it was
incredibly cruel at the time) " got grounded".

it's all relative, isn't it.

the islamic community would like to see this matter
buried & forgotten, but decent folks in small town
ontario thought otherwise.

because... that's our culture.

rest in peace, aqsa.

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A more fitting memorial would be to shut the borders forever, but this will have to do for now.

+++ Kathy..

I possted the following on Pamela Gellers site.

NOT HONOR KILLINGS
I have been giving a lot of thought to the events leading up to and the final resolution of the Aqsa Parvez memorial. I truly believe we need to rethink our comments regarding this and many other similar events.
In my opinion the term honor killing is not appropriate for these tragedies. The reality is they are narcissistic/shame killings and should be referred to as such.
More importantly the conduct of many organizations and individuals after the event certainly does not meet the term honor in any respect. The members of the family, academic organizations, and many others should also hang their head in shame over their conduct.
I have been fortunate that for most of my adult life I have worked with people who understand what honor really is. During my time in the military and my career as a firefighter I have seen on a daily basis, citizens and people in uniform performing honorably.
Honor, is the Soldier who gives up his life for a higher purpose, in defense of citizens of Afghanistan or Iraq. They are there, knowing that when they leave, some small bit of freedom which we hold dear is being left behind.
Honor is the Police Officer who goes to work every day knowing that he may not return to his family, when daily dealing with some of the worst elements of our society. While giving respect and in fact life to the most downtrodden.
Honor is the Paramedic who lay in a pool of gasoline trying to keep a survivor of a car accident alive, long enough to get to a hospital.
Honor is the firefighter who crawls through hell to bring a victim of a fire out of a building.
Honor is the residents of Pelham who have little tolerance for people who are afraid to act as they should, with respect for children like Aqsa.
I have been lucky enough to work with people like this and the truth is, we are surrounded by these heroes every day. If you look around yourself you will see honor and honorable acts.
What happened to Aqsa, was not and never should be considered in any way related to honor. It is shame and narcissism which caused this incident, the narcissism of her father who would not allow a child to become an ordinary teen of her country.
My friend Neo has a posting on his blog in which he describes the event as “Dying to become Canadian”, I can’t really state it any better than that.
The real heroes and the persons of honor in this incident are the Aqsa, who died for her beliefs, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer who created the fund in her memory.
In addition my friend Norman, a fellow firefighter, who worked so hard to make this happen and was confronted with PC madness. I have to thank my personal heroes, Councilor Sharon Cook and John Durley who ensured that the memorial would be created.
I am not articulate enough to tell the story of the honor and shame of this horrible event, but I know what honor looks like, I truly believe it’s easy to see who carries the shame, and who acts with honor
Scott McLeod
Fire Chief, Town of Pelham

robins111

Interesting. Maybe there should be a contest for a new name for these killings.

"Family dyscultural murders"

"Family tribal slayings"

etc

What I consider somewhat ironic is the reality that "the Islamic World" for lack of a better term is really a trainwreck.
The fires and neglect have endured for centuries and now the flimsy edifice is collapsing.
The very concept of suicide bombers....long verboten in Islam....is a symptom of desperation.
A desperation that even the implacable Imperial Japanese Empire resorted to only as a futile last ditch effort.
Consider this how is success possible to an army which routinely engages in suicide???
The object is to get the other SOB to die for his country.....

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well said, scott... if the islamic community won't address this insanity...
someone has to speak up and do it for them.

"I don't want the public to think that this is really an Islamic
issue or an immigrant issue," said Mohamed Elmasry of the
Canadian Islamic Congress.

"It is a teenager issue."

well... thank goodness we cleared that up. damn teenagers...
somebody should just... well... uh...

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Her Worship Mayor Hazel McCallion
Office of the Mayor
City of Mississauga
300 City Centre Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5B 3C1

Phone: (905) 896-5555
Fax: (905) 896-5879
E-mail: mayor@mississauga.ca

Ask Hazel how come an innocent Mississauga girl who got murdered by her own parents in Mississauga, and got buried in an unmarked grave by said parents, in Mississauga, has to have her justly deserved memorial across the lake in Fonthill?

Way to go Fonthill, wtf Mississauga?

Be nice to Hazel, by the way. She may have had no say in the matter.

I am glad her death was not totally in vain, such a memorial will inspire others not to hide in the shadows. Although I wish there was no need to build it in the first place.

Practically in our own backyard, and this is where I find out about it. I don't read papers much these days--bad for the blood pressure--and it's strictly local news on TV, although Martineau did go off on Stephen Harper the other day. I like what Mr. McLeod said about honour. The fellow who's renovating our downstairs has a son-in-law who just returned to Kandahar this past week. I'm wearing red today.

Their refusal to allow a headstone shows how little love that child was ever given, in death she feels love and in life may her parents and those that support honour killings feel my hatred and loathing towards their backward medieval beliefs. There is no room in our culture for medieval tenets of Sharia Law, NONE.

How about friken ...cold bloody murder has anyone thought of that saying ....that young girl was murdered by her father and the rest of her family by allowing him to do it ...if you watch ..the movie crossing over with harrison ford you would understand right at the end of them ovie what i am talking about ....my your soul rest in peace Aqsa Parvez

Sorry paul - cold bloody murder doesn't cut it - not strong enough - because this is YOUR DAUGHTER

Nobody's taken up my contest

How about "selective familial murder based solely on gender and cultural traditions"

Still not brutal enough . . . . .

From the UK's Daily Mail regarding a (formerly) muslim woman who converted to Christiantiy over ten years ago:

"She has been in hiding for more than a decade but called in police only a few months ago after receiving a text message from her brother.

In it, he said he would not be held responsible for his actions if she failed to return to Islam."

Note that the brother says he will not be held responsible. His threat of bodily harm to her is not his fault, but her fault. Do as I say, or else.

And sadly, the way Britain has gone, it may well NOT be seen as 'his fault' should she be killed. After all, she knew the consequences before making her decision and thus, must bear some responsibility for whatever should befall her as a result of leaving islam.

Silly woman. What was she thinking?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-500087/Imams-daughter-hiding-conversion-Christianity-sparked-death-threats.html#ixzz0PXlXBgOI