“The most shameful part of the Aqsa tragedy lies in the online and offline rumours that those who consider themselves ‘rightly guided’ have been circulating. Some suggested that she had a black boyfriend (note the racism), others that she was sexually promiscuous, and some even called her a drug pusher. In other words, her father had every moral right to kill her, is the message.
“The Canadian imams, many of them in their self-styled attires and operatic headgear came out with other justifications. Sheikh Alaa El-Sayyed, imam of a Toronto mosque, said, ‘Women who wear hijabs occupy higher positions in Islam, according to religious teachings.’ Where did the imam get that because nowhere does Islam lay that out? He also said, ‘We cannot let culture supersede religion. If we stay away from the teachings of Islam, we will pay for it.’ Translated into straight language, it means that since Aqsa stayed away from the teachings of Islam, she had to ‘pay for it.'”
