Readers outraged as appeal heard for deporting

The first of two appeals is being filed today to try to stop the deportation of a Mississauga woman to Pakistan where she fears being slain in an honour killing by her estranged husband.

The April 28 removal of Roohi Tabassum has caught the attention of Sun Media readers, and viewers who saw a report on TorontoSun.com, who have phoned or sent e-mails demanding Immigration Minister Jason Kenney stop the deportation.

"I have been getting a lot of support from people," Tabassum said yesterday. "A lot of people have been calling because they know I will end up dead."

Tabassum, 44, says her ex, Faisal Javed, a businessman and Sunni community leader, will be waiting for her in their native Pakistan when she's sent back.

She has received written threats from Javed, who's outraged she's employed at a Mississauga beauty salon where she styles the hair of women and men.

She said Javed is furious because she touches the hair of men and is suspicious she may have a boyfriend, which she strongly denies.

Tabassum's lawyer, Max Berger, said an appeal of her risk assessment will be filed today with federal court. A motion will also be heard at federal court soon to seek a stay of her deportation.

Tabassum was smuggled into Canada from the U.S. in 2001 and filed an unsuccessful refugee claim. An appeal also was unsuccessful.

"I am just outraged that they're sending this woman to Pakistan to be killed," said Heather Jenkins, 69, of Peterborough. "Canada is sending her back to her death."

Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship/Immigration/ Multiculturalism:
Minister@cic.gc.ca

The Canadian Embassy:
The Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC, USA 20001

Phone: 202-682-1740 or 202-682-1755
Fax: 202-682-7726 or 202-682-7738
Immigration Fax: 202-682-7689
Public Affairs Fax: 202-682-7791
http://www.canadianembassy.org

Case Processing Center, in Ontario:
2 Robert Speck Parkway,
Suite 1200
Mississauga, ON
L4Z 1H8
Fax: 905-803-7392

The Consul General in Detroit:
The Consulate General of Canada, Detroit
600 Renaissance Center, Suite 1100
Detroit, Michigan, USA 48243-1798

Telephone: 313-567-2340
Immigration: 313-567-2085
Fax: 313-567-2164
http://www.detroit.gc.ca
dtrot@international.gc.ca

The West must make damaging the jihad a priority at every turn. We must show our moral high ground at all times. Murdering a defenseless, judicially innocent woman, is totally indefensible. Canada must act to save her life.

Pretending the claim is not credible is mooted by the facts that -

* The family has honor-killed before
* The death threats are multiple, and in writing
* The practice is common
* Multiple witnesses around her testify as to the
seriousness of the charge

But most importantly -

Now that she has publicly made the claim, that she is
fleeing the terrorist-jihad, even if she had lied about
this, it is now true. The terrorist-jihad will want to
kill her, simply for claiming publicly that she is
fleeing the terrorist-jihad.

Canada and the US, recognizing these people are being
murdered by the jihad, should not only accept them, but
do so as a matter of winning the ideological war. The
terrorists want to murder women extra-judicially. The
responsible government that protects the refugee should
see sheltering them for what it is: the right thing, and
the thing which does damage to the terrorists.

Roohi Tabassum will not quickly become a shill for the
terrorists, if she is given asylum.

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