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Baby-stabber refuses to grant wife sharia divorce
The Montreal Gazette ^ | January 23, 2007 | KATHERINE WILTON

Posted on 01/23/2007 6:51:08 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

A man who stabbed his wife seven times, then knifed their infant daughter, told a Quebec Court hearing yesterday he regretted the assaults and blamed his actions on a drug problem.

The man, whose name cannot be published to protect his child's identity, attacked his wife last February in their Snowdon apartment before stabbing the 15-month-old girl in the stomach.

The man pleaded guilty in December to two counts of aggravated assault, rather than stand trial for attempted murder.

The couple are Muslim. His wife wants to return with her daughter to her family in her native Lebanon, but is reluctant to do so unless her husband grants her a sharia divorce, conducted by an imam.

The man testified yesterday he has no intention of granting his wife a divorce in Canada under sharia law.

"The issue of the divorce will be decided over there," he told Judge Martin Vauclair.

Without such a divorce, the woman says, she fears she could be forced to live with her husband in Lebanon when he returns, or be arrested for abducting her daughter if she takes the girls there without her spouse.

The man also told the prosecutor he didn't think he needed treatment for violent behaviour, saying he is normally a peaceful person.

(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abuse; idtheperpetrator; islam; religionofpieces; shaira
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1 posted on 01/23/2007 6:51:09 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: mathprof; wagglebee; SJackson; Alouette; navyguy; river rat; SandRat; ExTexasRedhead

This should surprise no one. Disgust, but not surprise.


2 posted on 01/23/2007 6:52:40 PM PST by Clintonfatigued ("Appointing Earl Warren was the biggest damn fool thing I ever did." Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Yep... but, on the bright side he did say...

"The man also told the prosecutor he didn't think he needed treatment for violent behaviour, saying he is normally a peaceful person."

So, there you have it! Nothing to worry about! C'mon! Islam really IS the Religion of Peace! After all, at least he refrained from beheading his entire family...


3 posted on 01/23/2007 6:57:43 PM PST by navyguy (We don't need more youth. What we need is a fountain of SMART.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
The man also told the prosecutor he didn't think he needed treatment for violent behaviour, saying he is normally a peaceful person.

Revolting. Tolerant Canadian government officials will permit this abuse and violence against a woman and her daughters because he, a Muslim appealing under Sharia, says he's a normally peaceful man? It's painful to read. She and her girls are 'honor' killings just waiting to happen - here or there - while the law stands by out of feigned tolerance.

4 posted on 01/23/2007 6:59:34 PM PST by fortunecookie (My computer is back!)
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Very well-put. Another look at the true nature of the enemy we face.


5 posted on 01/23/2007 7:00:53 PM PST by Clintonfatigued ("Appointing Earl Warren was the biggest damn fool thing I ever did." Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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The man also told the prosecutor he didn't think he needed treatment for violent behaviour, saying he is normally a peaceful person.

Here we have in an individual what we have in islam as a whole.

6 posted on 01/23/2007 7:01:48 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Another heartwarming story from the multi-cultural sewer.


7 posted on 01/23/2007 7:01:56 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth shall set you free))))
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To: Clintonfatigued
Prosecutor Sophie Lavergne told the judge the accused has exhibited little remorse since the attacks. She asked he be sentenced to seven years in prison, and called it a miracle that both the woman and the girl survived.

Too bad Prosecutor Lavergne doesn't have authority over the Sharia tribunal to enforce the divorce.

8 posted on 01/23/2007 7:02:01 PM PST by fortunecookie (My computer is back!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Prosecutor Sophie Lavergne told the judge the accused has exhibited little remorse since the attacks. She asked he be sentenced to seven years in prison, and called it a miracle that both the woman and the girl survived.

The man's lawyer, Hanan Mrani, suggested a three-year term followed by a six-month stay at a drug rehabilitation centre.

Vauclair is to hand down his decision Friday.

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She doesn't need a sharia divorce, she needs to renounce islam. Maybe she will wake up while he is in prison.


9 posted on 01/23/2007 7:07:10 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf download. Link on my bio page.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Regardless of the sentence, it would seem the poor woman is doomed. A real Catch-22, even her family in Lebanon, should they make it there, won't be able to help her. A Sharia divorce is her only hope, dim as that is. I'd be curious to see if the press keeps up the coverage to see if the divorce is granted, regardless of the Canadian law sentencing. I know most media don't generally follow divorce cases, except sometimes where such aggravated abuse has occurred. And this would fit that bill. That will be the real determinant of justice. I won't hold my breath. Yeah, it surely does give us, those of us who bother to look, an eyeful into their idea of 'justice' and the mindset behind it. Chilling.
10 posted on 01/23/2007 7:08:49 PM PST by fortunecookie (My computer is back!)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Of course this murderous muslim sonovabitch is a peaceful person. He is no more violent than the religion of peace to which he belongs.
11 posted on 01/23/2007 7:09:05 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Fear of destroying those openly committed to destroying you, indicates a suicidal self loathing.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Cretins, savages, 3rd world idiots!!!!!!!!!!!! What the hell is the matter with you Muslims!!!!!!!!!!!!!


12 posted on 01/23/2007 7:13:57 PM PST by mosquewatch.com (The trouble starts with an "I" and ends with a "slam".)
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"What the hell is the matter with you Muslims!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

They're Muslims, that's what's the matter.


13 posted on 01/23/2007 7:20:13 PM PST by Clintonfatigued ("Appointing Earl Warren was the biggest damn fool thing I ever did." Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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The man, whose name cannot be published to protect his child's identity, attacked his wife last February in their Snowdon apartment before stabbing the 15-month-old girl in the stomach.

It occurs to me that the only person who poses any danger to the child already knows her identity. It might be safer for her and pretty much everybody else if we knew his.

14 posted on 01/23/2007 7:25:33 PM PST by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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"A Sharia divorce is her only hope, . . . "

I wonder if it would be her only hope if she remained in Canada and sought a civil divorce. Of course, if she is determined to live by sharia, she most likely will die by sharia. Yet here in the West, religious and civil marriage and divorce rules co-exist fine. A religion can determine whether it will grant a remarriage or recognize a divorce, but it can't enforce its dictates by civil authorities. Proponents of sharia want to be different. They want to make the rules and then call upon civil authorities to enforce them. Maybe this will give Canada a wake-up call about incursions of sharia councils in Canadian territory. Meanwhile, I would urge the lady to get civilly divorced, obtain a protective order against the ex, and get on with her life in Canada or some other Western nation that recognizes Canadian law. Lebanon isn't too friendly a home anyway, let the family come over here to visit her and the kid.


15 posted on 01/23/2007 7:25:33 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
a sharia divorce, conducted by an imam.

Saying "I divorce thee!" three times is no good unless he is coached by the imam?

16 posted on 01/23/2007 7:28:14 PM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Clintonfatigued

"religion of peace" ... yeah, right.


17 posted on 01/23/2007 7:28:37 PM PST by tigerteam_ab
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To: KarinG1

Stupid PC law. When I first saw it, I thought exactly what you said. This is what it's come to in Socialist politically correct holes like Quebec and most of Europe.


18 posted on 01/23/2007 7:32:14 PM PST by lmr (The answers to life don't involve complex solutions.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Sure he's a normally peaceful person. He only stabs people when he's mad.

Interesting to see how a Quebec judge will handle this, or whether an Imam can be found to grant the divorce if it is allowed.


19 posted on 01/23/2007 7:36:10 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Clintonfatigued
The couple are Muslim.

Unnecessary wordage.

20 posted on 01/23/2007 7:36:15 PM PST by OldPossum
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