Halifax Honor Killing Sees Two More Arrested

Once again, we have to dig pretty deep to find any details on any honor killings in North America but the latest case, up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has seen two more arrested in the honor killing of their sister's new husband. Apparently, two brothers objected to the "secret" marriage between their sister and the now, deceased and contracted to have the new groom offed.

Here's a bit from the article at the Halifax Courier:

TWO men have gone on trial accused of a Halifax honour killing.
Allah Yaar, 19, of Craven Terrace, Pellon, Halifax, and Omar Mubarak, 29, deny murdering 29-year-old Mian Shahid Mehmood, of Grove Street South, Halifax on February 11, 2007.The court heard he was the victim of a contract killing by his brothers-in-law, who objected to his secret marriage to their sister, Yasmin Bibi Shahid.

The Halfiax officials are doing every thing possible to try and keep the term "honor killing" out of the news and out of the public square:

Tom Bayliss QC, prosecuting, said: "Such murders are sometimes inappropriately referred to as honour killings."As with many such murders, this was not about honour, this was about control."

So, we have an islamic woman who secretly weds a man...her family objects to this marriage, so they hire a hitman to kill their sister's new husband and yet, this is NOT to be called an honor killing, huh? Nice try.

Two more go on trial for husband's contract killing

TWO men have gone on trial accused of a Halifax honour killing.
Allah Yaar, 19, of Craven Terrace, Pellon, Halifax, and Omar Mubarak, 29, deny murdering 29-year-old Mian Shahid Mehmood, of Grove Street South, Halifax on February 11, 2007.The court heard he was the victim of a contract killing by his brothers-in-law, who objected to his secret marriage to their sister, Yasmin Bibi Shahid.Tom Bayliss QC, prosecuting, said: "Such murders are sometimes inappropriately referred to as honour killings."As with many such murders, this was not about honour, this was about control."He said Yaar and another man, Arza Khan, Mrs Shahid's brother, hired Mubarak, of Bawtree Road, Sheffield, and three other Sheffield men to do the shooting.Khan, Naveed Mahmood, Sam Lee and John Reeves have already been convicted of the murder and are in prison.Following their trial last year, Mahmood admitted his guilt to the police and implicated Yaar and Mubarak. He is set to give evidence for the prosecution. Mr Bayliss said the couple were married in Pakistan in 2004. Mrs Shahid returned to England in March 2005 followed by her husband in February 2006. His whereabouts in Halifax became known and Mrs Shahid's brothers organised his murder. A third brother, Tahir Mahmood, was acquitted of the killing.