Clash Over Religious Garb May Be Behind Attack On Teen
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Clash Over Religious Garb May Be Behind Attack On Teen
CityNews: Clash Over Religious Garb May Be Behind Attack On Teen
She wanted to be more Western.
He wanted her to be more traditional.
And that clash of cultures may have been led a father to allegedly choke his daughter and leave her in very grave condition in hospital on Monday. Police are saying very little about what happened in a home on normally quiet Longhorn Trail in the Eglinton and Hurontario area of Mississauga. But the friends of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez claim she was desperately trying to pull away from the strict traditions of her devout Muslim family.
And they contend that led to the attack that's left her near death. The sad story began just before 8am when a man called police to report he'd murdered his daughter. Authorities found the girl clinging to life and rushed her to hospital. She'd reportedly been choked into unconsciousness.
Her father, identified as 57-year-old cab driver Muhammad Parvez, was taken into custody at the scene. Students at Applewood Heights Secondary School, which the victim attended, tell of a troubled family life, with the teen refusing to wear the traditional head covering hijab, and preferring more Western-style clothing.
They say she'd moved out and was staying with a friend, and may have gone back to get her things when the confrontation began. "She's kind of rebellious a bit," confirms classmate Heather Bottecher. "She's supposed to wear the hijab. But she doesn't usually wear it. And she usually wears short sleeves when you're supposed to wear long sleeves. And she wears, like, low cut shirts and stuff like that."
"We noticed a drastic change in her appearance," another friend named Shianne Phillips recalls. "Like, she used to dress religiously. Now she's dressing in, like, more causal clothing, like other people."
There are reports the teen would wear the special garb to school then change when she got there to fool her father.
Parvez makes his first court appearance on the attempted murder allegation on Tuesday, but that charge could be upgraded if his daughter dies. Relatives are expected to make the difficult choice about donating her organs if that terrible tragedy happens.
He wanted her to be more traditional.
And that clash of cultures may have been led a father to allegedly choke his daughter and leave her in very grave condition in hospital on Monday. Police are saying very little about what happened in a home on normally quiet Longhorn Trail in the Eglinton and Hurontario area of Mississauga. But the friends of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez claim she was desperately trying to pull away from the strict traditions of her devout Muslim family.
And they contend that led to the attack that's left her near death. The sad story began just before 8am when a man called police to report he'd murdered his daughter. Authorities found the girl clinging to life and rushed her to hospital. She'd reportedly been choked into unconsciousness.
Her father, identified as 57-year-old cab driver Muhammad Parvez, was taken into custody at the scene. Students at Applewood Heights Secondary School, which the victim attended, tell of a troubled family life, with the teen refusing to wear the traditional head covering hijab, and preferring more Western-style clothing.
They say she'd moved out and was staying with a friend, and may have gone back to get her things when the confrontation began. "She's kind of rebellious a bit," confirms classmate Heather Bottecher. "She's supposed to wear the hijab. But she doesn't usually wear it. And she usually wears short sleeves when you're supposed to wear long sleeves. And she wears, like, low cut shirts and stuff like that."
"We noticed a drastic change in her appearance," another friend named Shianne Phillips recalls. "Like, she used to dress religiously. Now she's dressing in, like, more causal clothing, like other people."
There are reports the teen would wear the special garb to school then change when she got there to fool her father.
Parvez makes his first court appearance on the attempted murder allegation on Tuesday, but that charge could be upgraded if his daughter dies. Relatives are expected to make the difficult choice about donating her organs if that terrible tragedy happens.
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