Calgary: Muslim beats sister with belt for flirting. Avoids criminal record. Imam applies taqiyya.

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From The Calgary Herald

Calgary teen belted his sister for flirting

By Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald November 19, 2010

A Calgary teen will avoid a criminal record after beating his younger sister with a belt for flirting with boys at school.

Court heard a relative had told him it was his duty to punish her under Islamic culture, but a local imam says that’s not part of the religion’s teachings.

In a judgment released on Thursday, youth court Judge Lillian McLellan granted a conditional discharge to the offender, who pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and says he wants to become a police officer.

Defence lawyer Jim Conway said there was definitely a cultural aspect to the case.

He said the sister, then 16, was doing something improper and a relative told the brother he had a duty to discipline her as the oldest male in the family.

Conway said the girl reported the assault to her school counsellor and her brother, then 17, was charged.

Syed Soharwardy, lead imam at Almadinah Calgary Islamic Centre, told the Herald it was wrong for the boy to assault his sister, but blamed parents and the community for not properly educating young people.

“The boy should not have done it. There is no such thing in Islam that a brother, sister, father or mother should hit someone with a belt, bat or stick,” Soharwardy said on Thursday.

“A girl flirting with someone is not seen as good in Islam. Both of them made a mistake, but I blame the boy more when he went ahead and hit his sister. He should have gone to his parents, community leaders or counsellors. I blame the whole community for not teaching them the right things.”

Court heard that the teen, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, became angry over rumours about his sister and entered her bedroom on Sept. 27, 2008. He grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her to the ground. He then followed her to the kitchen, removed his belt and struck her seven to eight times on the right arm and leg.

If he complies with all conditions, the charge will be withdrawn and the teen will avoid a criminal conviction.

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From Grace:
It’s important to note that the imam quoted in this article is none other than Syed Sohawardy of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, the same imam who aggressively argued that sharia law be implemented in Canada. He was also one of the chief complainants against Ezra Levant, who found great offense in his decision to reprint the Danish cartoons in the now defunct Western Standard. You can see his barely legible, scribbled application of complaint here.
Here is Sohawardy’s article defending sharia as he tries to counter oft ‘misunderstandings’ of it’s inherent beauty. The attempt here is an obvious one; to deny the truth of sharia’s twisted, illiberal principles and to convey it as a system of gender equality, tolerance of other religions, sincerity, honesty, piety and purity- a blessing for any society. The imam does though acknowledge some ‘ills’ within Muslim nations by stating yet again another remarkable defense of sharia:
“The current chaos in Muslim countries is not because of sharia. It is because of an absence of sharia’.
I am baffled as to why responses are sought from Muslim leaders whose group efforts seek to implement sharia within Canadian society, who constantly defend it, lie for it and apologize for it. Why anyone would ring up these people for comment is beyond me. I am even more disturbed that this young woman-hater will not receive a criminal record for his crime and the relatives who guided him were not subsequently charged with criminal complicity in their role of aiding and abetting him. Those who practice the art of taqiyya, another golden sharia principle, will no doubt pass this off too, as just one more  ‘misquote’ or ‘misunderstanding’. Here is one of many found in the Qur’an relating to the pre-approved, pious sanctioning of women/wife abuse:

The Qur’an:Qur’an (4:34) – “Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.”

Oh, and one other thing- the young lad who dutifully, honestly, sincerely and piously obeyed Islam’s sharia by assaulting his sister with his belt wants to become……. a police officer.

Quran quote courtesy of The Religion of Peace, Got Quran?

3 Replies to “Calgary: Muslim beats sister with belt for flirting. Avoids criminal record. Imam applies taqiyya.”

  1. I don’t want to go into any city the kid is a police officer in, and the Imam should be charged with lying to an officer.

  3. Of the brother, the Imam stated, ” He should have gone to his parents, community leaders or counsellors.” 

    I think the brother just saved his sister’s life.

    If it had actually got around the whole Muslim community, we would have casually read she had been raped and found hanging from a tree.

    Quick thinking.

    I hope the weals heal for the happy time of her arranged marriage.