Hamed Shafia: Rona Amir Mohammad

Canada Dept: The guilty verdicts against three members of a Montreal family in the murders of three teenaged daughters and their step-mother sends a clear a message on this country's tolerance for abhorrent cultural practices that place the lives of women at the whim of a man's distorted sense of honour. Canada can say it has responded in the severest way to the violence that can arise from the offensive values that land here with some newcomers, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The more pressing issue now is how Canada can prevent such tragedies. Having fled Afghanistan in 1992, the Shafias entered Canada in 2007. Their daughters quickly started acting like typical Canadian teens: they had boyfriends, dressed like their friends, rebelled against the strictures of the home and dALE CUMMINGS Related Items Articles Hamed Shafia files notice to appeal 1st-degree murder convictions Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Yahya and son Hamed Shafia will go to jail for life, with no possibility of parole for 25 years, for the premeditated killings of Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17 and Geeti, 13 and Rona Amir Mohammad, their father's other wife. All were drowned, found in a car at the bottom of a canal east of Kingston, Ont., in June, 2009. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.