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To: SARMAN who wrote (251432)	12/12/2007 10:59:47 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Canadian Muslim Teen's Dad Charged in Her Murder; Friends Say They Clashed Over Head Scarf Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Aqsa Parvez TORONTO — A Canadian man has been charged with murdering his own daughter, and her friends say the two clashed over her refusal to wear a Muslim head scarf. Police have not commented on a motive. Aqsa Parvez, 16, of Mississauga, Ontario, was rushed to hospital in critical condition Monday after a man made an emergency call in which he claimed to have killed his daughter, police said. She died late Monday night. The emergency call "came in from the father saying he had killed his daughter," police spokesman Wayne Patterson said. "Police arrived and rushed her to hospital and she passed away." Patterson said they are working at determining the motive and refused to confirm it was over the head scarf. The girl's friends said in interviews Tuesday that Aqsa loved shopping for clothes and clashed with her family over her reluctance to wear the hijab, a traditional veil or head scarf for devout Muslim women. "She didn't want to go home ... to the point where she actually wanted to go to shelters," classmate Ashley Garbutt, 16, told the Toronto Star. Muslim leaders cautioned against jumping to conclusions. "I don't want the public to think that this is really an Islamic issue or an immigrant issue," said Mohamed Elmasry of the Canadian Islamic Congress. "It is a teenager issue." The girl's father, Muhammad Parvez, 57, made a brief court appearance Tuesday morning and was remanded in custody pending another court appearance Wednesday. Aqsa Parvez's brother, Waqas Parvez, 26, is facing a charge of obstructing police and remains in custody pending a Dec. 14 hearing. Neither man has entered a plea yet. Calls to the Parvez family home went unanswered Tuesday night Patterson said he did not know if the man had a lawyer yet.