Ain’t Islam grand?
A Muslim woman fighting to stay in Canada fears being disfigured with acid for allegedly “bringing shame” to her ex-husband’s family in Pakistan by leaving him and travelling here to work in a hair salon frequented by men.
Roohi Tabassum, 45, of Brampton, said corrosive acid is thrown in the faces of women in Pakistan and other Islamic countries to disfigure them because they have allegedly “shamed” their families.
Tabassum said there have been two incidents the past month in Pakistan where women’s faces were burned with acid by assailants who fled.
“I don’t leave the house or go anywhere because I am scared,” she said. “Sometimes the women are also disabled, burned or tortured.”
Tabassum claims family members in Pakistan are still receiving threats from ex-husband, Faisal Javed, who has threatened to kill her.
“He (ex-husband) is determined to have me killed or crippled,” she said. “I am very concerned for myself.”
Tabassum entered Canada from the U.S. in 2001 and filed a failed refugee claim. She faces deportation to the U.S., and then to Pakistan, which is under appeal before an Immigration and Refugee Board.
She claimed Javed is angered because she works in a salon that styles men’s hair and suspects she has a boyfriend, which she denies.
Her lawyer Max Berger said 1,200 to 1,500 women were killed in 2007 from honour killings in Pakistan, according to U.S. Department of State statistics.
“This is a very legitimate concern that she has,” Berger said. “These type of honour killings or attacks are not uncommon in Pakistan.”
He successfully obtained refugee status for a Pakistani woman 10 years ago who had “half her face burned in an acid attack” due from bringing shame to a family.
Tarek Fatah, of the Muslim Canadian Congress, said acid attacks against women do occur and can be for a disgracing a family.
“Women are at the bottom of the rung of the ladder in this culture,” Fatah said. “We just cannot dismiss her claim outright.”
Police and immigration officials are not aware of an acid attack against a woman in Canada.
via Muslim woman fears reprisal | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun.
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the sad part is MUSLIMS who want to and need to get away from ISLAM are finding no shelter in our nations anymore- we have allowed HERE to become THERE-
and when the process is fully accomplished where will we go to find sanctuary? to get away from PISSLAMIC terror and perversions, human rights abuse?
The latest wave of radical MUSLIMS is ruining it for the rest of them, as our lack of ACTION to combat it
was it pres. reagan who said we are the last hope, there’s no where else to go. how does “an apostate” someone leaving islam come here for safety when they know “islam’s advanced guard is waiting for them. and our gov’t. is complicit .????
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What a bunch of crap,Muslim asses throwing acid in women’s faces.How about we throw something in thier face?I like bricks,but some .223 works well for me.
This poor woman would be killed, maimed or both
within 24 hours of leaving the airport in pakistan.
What a pity the ” feminists liberal elite ” are so
preoccupied with beating the abortion drum. They
will not take her part because cowards that they are they fear that someone ( a muslim man perhaps )
might hurt them. What a monstrous regiment of
wusses these amazon warriors have become.
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“1,200 to 1,500 women were killed in 2007 from honour killings in Pakistan, according to U.S. Department of State statistics.”
I’d like to point out that this is just an estimate. The number of women killed is actually likely far higher than that. Pakistan does not find it necessary to keep statistics of women who face violence and are killed in their country. So other countries like the US can only guess at the actual figures.
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it is not true in all islamic country