She was "too Westernized"

How do you murder your own child? Well, believe it or not - many people do. Some people, an alarming amount to me, should NOT reproduce. They do not make good parents. Like the two first cousins from Pakistan that married and moved to England. They decided to suffocate their 17 year old daughter with a plastic bag while her little sister watched. Why? The 17 year old was "too Westernized" according to the parents (monsters) religious beliefs. That would be Islam in this case.
This is a huge ongoing problem in Western Europe, immigrants from Muslim countries come in and are chocked that men and women are equal!
I KNOW! Shocking! Women are allowed to vote, drive a car, tend to their daily lives without a male escort, they can file for a divorce. They can't get stoned to death when their appointed to them, much older husband gets tired of them and wants a new, younger version. Whaaaaat???
This is very difficult for some immigrants to accept and they do everything they can to keep their children separated from the "evils" of Western society.
I have seen this with my own eyes, growing up in Sweden. But this goes on in the US too.
Some families even opt to have their little girls circumcised even though it is totally barbaric and against the law in Westernized countries. Though I personally belive that boys shouldn't get circumcised either. Hygienic reasons? Nah, if you wash your crotch with soap and water on a regular basis you should be fine. The foreskin must be there for a reason.
Well, these loving Pakistani parents finally got sentenced to life in prison. Now they can sit there and rot away. How A MOTHER could allow somebody to hurt her own child, a daughter in this case, is unfathomable to me. But it happens all the time. Mommy's that don't do anything to protect their children when their boyfriend is beating or molesting them - because having a man, any lousy man in your life is more important than caring for your children.
I also think that imposing a religion on a child is wrong, whether it is Christianity, Islam, Catholicism, Mormonism - you name it.
People should think for themselves and make their own choices in life regarding beliefs like that. I had to go to church growing up and it was BORING and basically a complete waste of time, for the most part. But my Mom just followed tradition and didn't "know better" I guess. She just wanted what she thought was right and best for me. She didn't force me into any serious church going but I did have to go through Communion. The white dress and all, that my Mom sewed herself - it was really pretty. I still have that dress.
Well, today I am spiritual and don't really label myself as a Catholic or anything else. Just a human on this planet, a neo hippie of some sort. Trying to do something good one day I hope.
Where was Allah when that poor 17 year old girl got murdered by her parents?
I have brought these issues up before in my blog. I keep going back to injustices against women and people mistreating their children and animals because it makes me upset and I don't think people talk about it enough. At least I don't hear anything about it when I sit at work listening to people talk mumbo jumbo. Sometimes I try to start discussion, I try but you know........it doesn't really lead anywhere.
Well, I feel really bad for all the girls and women that are subjected to honor killings. I hope there will be an end to that kind of behavior soon.