Shafia trial jurors find family guilty of 1st-degree murder

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47. exactly

and I was just about to edit my post again to point that out.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/01/30/wdr-windsor-muslim-women-react-shafia.html

The judge called the crime cold-blooded and shameful. He said it is difficult to conceive of anything more heinous, more despicable or more honourless.

"It's really sad to hear that these thing exists during this day and time," said Issa, a Muslim woman from Somalia who moved to Canada 19 years ago. "My concern is that this is an act of violence against women, regardless of what you call it. Whether you call it an honour killing or a crime of passion, it's just wrong and it's unacceptable, and it's about time we put an end to this kind of practice."

... "I'm not saying that honour killing is a tradition, but I'm saying that patriarchal structure is definitely something that they hold on to," <Reema Khan from Pakistan> said. "In the case of this family, when they came to Canada, and the daughters were beginning to integrate into behaviour that was not acceptable <to their family>, it was a threat to the patriarchal structure of the family."

Khan said the term "honour killing" makes the killings more exotic or foreign.

"Essentially, honour killing is just violence against women. That's the core of what we need to address," she said.

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EDIT IN RESPONSE TO THE REPLY BELOW:

THE PASSAGE OF THE JUDGE'S WORDS WERE THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THE JUDGMENT IN THIS ARTICLE. NOTHING ELSE WAS QUOTED IN IT.

I DID NOT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT, "PURPOSEFULLY" OR OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THERE.