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Con’t from Wikpedia: :Parvez was a student of Applewood Heights Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Muhammad Parvez, was a taxicab driver.Growing up in a Muslim family of Pakistani origin, she was forced to wear a hijab while out of the house. However, many friends claimed that she refused to wear the veil and would often change her clothing once she got to school and then would change back before going home. Her friends also claimed that she was drawn to Western culture though her family adhered to a devout form of Islam and that she was not getting along well with her family. A week before her death, she had moved in with the family of a neighbour, Lubna Tahir, to escape tension with her family.Around 8 am (EST) on December 10, 2007, Peel Regional Police responded to a 911 call from a man who had said he had just killed his daughter. When officers arrived at a single-family detached home, they found Parvez suffering from life-threatening injuries. She was immediately taken to Credit Valley Hospital and later transferred in critical condition to the Hospital for Sick Children where she died. It was learned in court in 2010 that it was her brother who had strangled her, causing her to die from neck compression.One student reported that her father was threatening her, causing her to fear for her life. Parvez’s friends also said she wanted to run away from her family to escape the conflicts with them.Muhammad Parvez was charged with second-degree murder and denied bail. Her older brother, Waqas Parvez, who was ordered by his father to not communicate with police, was originally facing a charge of obstructing police and placed in custody. He was released on bail and was ordered to reside with his surety and surrender his passport. However, on June 27, Waqas Parvez was charged by Peel Regional Police with first-degree murder.Parvez’s death has also revived the story of the similar honor killing that happened in 1989 in which Zein Isa killed his 16-year-old daughter Tina.Some people consider her murder to be a case of an honor killing, while some Islamic leaders claimed that it is only a case of domestic violence. Her death has also sparked a debate about the status of women in Islamic communities. Later a statement by her father to her mother right after murdering her was publicized, supporting the honor killing theory: “My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter. This is my insult. She is making me naked.”A public funeral was to take place for Parvez at 1:30 pm (EST) at a Mississauga mosque on December 15, 2007. However, hours before the funeral, her family decided to instead have a private funeral for privacy reasons. Parvez was buried in an unmarked grave at the Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton; her family refused a donation of a gravestone and a memorial.Syed Soharwardy, the head imam at the Calgary Islamic Centre and national president of Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, went on a hunger strike for two days to denounce family violence, which he described as completely against the teachings of Islam.Mohammad Alnadui, vice-chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams, called the murder “un-Islamic”, and denounced the act “without any reservation”.On June 15, 2010, Muhammad Parvez and Waqas Parvez plead guilty to second-degree murder of Aqsa Parvez, and a statement of agreed-upon facts was released. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment, with no eligibility for parole until 2028.