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| Sisters Murdered For “Honor” |
| 2009-07-25 |
| Lots more details on the 3 sister and "Auntie" murdered up North. Rona Amir Mohammed was Mohammad Shafi’s first wife. Finding Rona Mohammed unable to have children, Shafi married Tooba Shafi Yahya, who bore him seven. Like other Muslims with more than one wife immigrating to a Western country where polygamy is illegal, Shafi probably had told Canadian immigration officials his first wife was a relative in order to gain entrance. But a Kingston newspaper, the Whig Standard, reported the police began to investigate the deaths as honor murders two weeks ago -- although they have refused to call them such. However, the police did confirm that they had received a letter from a relative, stating the killings were honor related. The paper reported a sister of Rona Mohammed, Diba Masoomi, who lives in France, had sent an email both to the police and the Whig Standard saying her sister and Zinaib were being threatened “for social, cultural and family reasons.” “She was really afraid,” said Masoomi in a later interview. “There were death threats.” Masoomi was also the one who revealed her sister was actually Mohammed Shafi’s first wife, providing photos of their wedding in Kabul. Police are remaining silent about a motive for the killings. A Montreal neighbour of the Shafis may, however, have provided a clue as to the reason for their deaths. The neighbour claims the oldest brother, Hamed, had told him before the Niagara Falls trip Zinaib had run away because she was dating someone against the family’s wishes. However, there are still many questions remaining to be answered in this very tragic case. |
| Posted by:ed |