Monday, January 30, 2012
More Reaction to the Convictions in Canada
Phyllis Chesler has added her comment to the verdict in Canada of an Afghan family convicted of 4 murders iu the name of "honor".
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/29/will-guilty-verdict-in-canadian-honor-killing-trial-be-turning-point-for/
Now we must wait to see if the New York Times will attack Chesler for going beyond mere reporting of the facts of the case to editorial comment. (I am referring to my recent post on the NYT reaction to the Jihad training film used by the NYPD.) Chesler, of course, is not willing to pass this off as a case of domestic violence, or, as in the case of the Ft Hood shootings, "workplace violence". She knows there is soemthing deeper. She doesn't paint all Muslim immigrants with the same dark brush, nor should she. She merely brings up issues that we all must confront openly.
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It seems to me that dispassionate trial and conviction for murder in the first degree is a more than adequate way to deal with this phenomenon.
As with "hate crimes," when you single the crime out based on the motive, you give the defendant additional ammunition to make themselves out to be a martyr, instead of what they are, a criminal.
One point, Siarlys would be that we must never recognize "mitigating circumstances" to enter into such a case.
Excellent.
Muslim dad (Mohammed Shafia) who kills his daughters get life imprisonment.
Christian/Catholic mum (Casey Anthony) who kills her daughter gets 7 figure book deal.
What a world.
From the article, "They were not tried for committing a culturally approved “honor killing,” but for having conspired to commit a cold-blooded and pre-planned murder on Canadian soil."
What the hell is a "cultuarlly approved honor killing" anywhere other than countries under Sharia law?
I certainly agree Gary. We must never recognize as a "mitigating circumstance" that some religious law allegedly instructed the killer to commit murder.
An analogy any Muslim should understand: If a cult dedicated to human sacrifice tried to get off on the ground that their religion required them to make sacrifices of a hapless neighbor to the moon goddess, would this be grounds for acquittal? We all know what the Qu'ran (like the Torah) says about idol worshippers.
A couple of notes on Casey Anthony: The evidence was never very conclusive, although the mom may well have been guilty. The hysteria whipped up by Graceless Nancy and other talking heads of what is really the "Mainstream Media" was disgraceful, and probably contributed to the pressure to go to trial without first pinning down a solid case. And it had nothing to do with the defendant's religion. She didn't say "My Catholic faith required me to kill Caley." She said "I didn't do it." Maybe she lied.
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