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Girl murdered over hijab?

A 16-year-old Canadian was reportedly killed by her Muslim father. Some hint it's because she wouldn't cover up.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2007 06:37 PM

    Eh...

    Hijabs don't kill women, fanatically religious men fixated on female modesty kill women, eh? No, we can't ban head scarves or mandate how people dress, but it's still troubling that we're pretty much pretending that a religiously prescribed mode of dress aimed at ostensibly shielding women from men (patronizing, I'd think) is just another fashion choice with only the potential for oppression.

    Sure, we can fight the Western patriarchy, but God forbid we trample on someone else's.

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