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[JoeBoy101]

If it sounds like an attempted Honor killing and smells like an attempted Honor killing...

London, England (CNN) -- The father and brother of a Harry Potter actress will appear in court later this month in Manchester, England, on charges of threatening to kill the young star, prosecutors said Friday.

Abdul Azad, 54, and his son Ashraf, 28, are accused of attacking actress Afshan Azad earlier this month because of her relationship with a Hindu man, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said. The family is Muslim.

The father and brother appeared at Manchester Magistrate's Court on Wednesday and were released on conditional bail, said the spokesman, who could not be named in line with policy.

Bail conditions include a curfew and ban on traveling to London, the Manchester Evening News reported.

Afshan Azad, reported to be 22, has appeared in four Harry Potter films as Padma Patil, a classmate of the boy wizard and twin sister of Parvati Patil.

The alleged attack happened May 21. The father and brother are charged with threatening to kill the actress, and her brother is also charged with assault, the prosecutors' spokesman said.

Poor girl.

 

[The Lamonster]

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[ToxicAdam]

Don't remember her, but that's a sad story regardless.

 

[sixteen-bit]

that's awful

 

[Speevy]

She'll definitely want to go back to Hogwarts.

 

[ILikeFeet]

good thing she is ok. lets see these fuckers in prison.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I can't really tell from the article, does the actress who plays her twin not have any relation to her?

 

[Moggelicious]

Jail and double castration for these idiots with medieval mentality! I get so angry with shit like this!
(i'm a "modern" muslim, or a person with a brain and common sense)

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

She'll definitely want to go back to Hogwarts.

Is it bad I laughed?

 

[Calcaneus]

Those fucking hypocrites, you can't pick and choose what issues you're gonna be a crazy fundamentalist Muslim about. They were fine with her making a movie about magic as long as it was making them good money, but date an Hindu and she must go?

 

[brandonh83]

Damn. I really like the Patil twins in the movies. Either last year or the year before that, the guy that played Marcus Belby in Half-Blood Prince (the guy eating all the ice cream at Slughorn's party) was knifed to death in London.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

Not a hindu! They're not absolutely insane enough for my daughter!

 

[WillyFive]

I saw an episode of Law and Order about this once. It's a terrible thing.

Not a hindu! They're not absolutely insane enough for my daughter!

Insane to us. It's understandable and preferable to them.

 

[dankir]

If it sounds like an attempted Honor killing and smells like an attempted Honor killing...



Poor girl.

Yeah Muslim girl and Hindu boy doesn't bode well for her.

I've been through that with my ex gf, parent's don't take it well.

But yeah fuck this honor killing bullshit.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Jail and double castration for these idiots with medieval mentality! I get so angry with shit like this!
(i'm a "modern" muslim, or a person with a brain and common sense)

Dude, she wanted to go out with a Hindu.
The only option open to them was to kill her.

 

[Calcaneus]

I hope she constantly sends pictures of her dates to them in jail.

 

[Borgnine]

So like, Hindu = mudblood? Help me out here.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

I saw an episode of Law and Order about this once. It's a terrible thing.



Insane to us. It's understandable and preferable to them.

It's understandable to try to kill your daughter? Pretty sure they're romanticizing Romeo and Juliet in the wrong ways :lol

I'm no religion expert and I'm atheist, but to me much of hinduism isn't really a religion anymore at least in the modern sense of the word, but a peaceful and calming way of thought. And that way of thought makes it so you don't feel like killing your daughter for dating someone you don't want her to date. So, that's 1 point for hinduism in my book.

 

[Davidion]

Boy, that'd be quite the shame if true, since that means that a nice actress can actually be directly related to a couple of mud crawlers.

I guess evolution could ostensibly work that fast.

 

[WillyFive]

It's understandable to try to kill your daughter? Pretty sure they're romanticizing Romeo and Juliet in the wrong ways :lol

I'm no religion expert and I'm atheist, but to me much of hinduism isn't really a religion anymore at least in the modern sense of the word, but a peaceful and calming way of thought. And that way of thought makes it so you don't feel like killing your daughter for dating someone you don't want her to date. So, that's 1 point for hinduism in my book.

Well, what are you gonna do? That's their ways, as much as we greatly disagree. It's murder.

I won't go and criticize another religion like saying it's insane and crazy. I already have my religion and am very proud of it.

 

[Igo]

Somehow I had a pretty good idea about who it was before entering the thread.

It's ridiculous that shit like this occurs in Britain.

 

[PantherLotus]

Boy, that'd be quite the shame if true, since that means that a nice actress can actually be directly related to a couple of mud crawlers.

I guess evolution could ostensibly work that fast.

Wow.

 

[Osietra]

Sikh and destroy.

 

[Moggelicious]

Dude, she wanted to go out with a Hindu.
The only option open to them was to kill her.

Or something like this if she was to date a white dude:

"Halfdug to death and then stoning-ish"

 

[DY_nasty]

Boy, that'd be quite the shame if true, since that means that a nice actress can actually be directly related to a couple of mud crawlers.

I guess evolution could ostensibly work that fast.

wat

 

[thechemist]

Sikh and destroy.

What the hell man?

 

[Mr. B Natural]

Well, what are you gonna do? That's their ways, as much as we greatly disagree. It's murder.

I won't go and criticize another religion like saying it's insane and crazy. I already have my religion and am very proud of it.

It is attempted murder and of an innocent, harmless woman that happened to come out of your wife's womb and you happened to bring up from childbirth. So, call me crazy, but I think it's safe to say that having a definitive perspective on there actions and thought processes is...ya know, fair. Yeah, I'm pretty certain of that.

 

[Wes]

Ridiculous.

 

[Hydranockz]

Sikh and destroy.

...And Justice For Abdul.

 

[ColonelColon]

I saw an episode of Law and Order about this once. It's a terrible thing.



Insane to us. It's understandable and preferable to them.

No, not insane to "us". Simply insane.
edit:

Ridikulus.

fixed

 

[Speevy]

Or something like this if she was to date a white dude:

"Halfdug to death and then stoning-ish"

Who the hell took a picture of that?

 

[Xeke]

Boy, that'd be quite the shame if true, since that means that a nice actress can actually be directly related to a couple of mud crawlers.

I guess evolution could ostensibly work that fast.

........

 

[watatatow]

Fucking Muggles are the worst.

 

[dyls]

Religium Idiotum!

 

[WillyFive]

Congratulations, Davidion, this thread is now about you.

 

[lethial]

Disgusting and pathetic.

 

[East Lake]

I'm no religion expert and I'm atheist, but to me much of hinduism isn't really a religion anymore at least in the modern sense of the word, but a peaceful and calming way of thought. And that way of thought makes it so you don't feel like killing your daughter for dating someone you don't want her to date. So, that's 1 point for hinduism in my book.

Well, unfortunately the Hindu moral police of Mangalore would like to have a word with you. Not quite on honor killing level though.

 

[Mad Max]

Well, what are you gonna do? That's their ways, as much as we greatly disagree. It's murder.

I won't go and criticize another religion like saying it's insane and crazy. I already have my religion and am very proud of it.

You could justify any crime this way. :lol

 

[PflargBlarg]

I don't see the problem with davidions post. Ideals like what this family holds are reprehensible and I would consider them inhuman.

Well, what are you gonna do? That's their ways, as much as we greatly disagree. It's murder.

I won't go and criticize another religion like saying it's insane and crazy. I already have my religion and am very proud of it.

I take far more issue with this post than what davidion said. Unless he be trollin'. I feel perfectly fine in calling this religion crazy and insane if this is considered necessary and 'right' for the religion. I feel fine calling most religions insane and crazy.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

she must've played token muslim girl #3

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Boy, that'd be quite the shame if true, since that means that a nice actress can actually be directly related to a couple of mud crawlers.

I guess evolution could ostensibly work that fast.

pardon?

 

[Speevy]

Oh good grief stop quoting him and PM a mod if it bothers you.

 

[Davidion]

Congratulations, Davidion, this thread is now about you.

Find me a better term for someone who'd kill their own flesh and blood for having the audacity to date someone who's not of their belief systems, and I'll be glad to use that instead.

Maybe genetic compost is a better term? Whatever works for you.

 

[Osietra]

Mayhaps davidion was referencing the fancy notion that they are low lifers, rather than the idea that he's omfg a racialistic.

 

[Speevy]

I'm sure you could have imagined a better term. Imagine if I referred to a black guy who killed someone as a monkey. I mean yeah, he's a murderer but that's a loaded term which seems all-inclusive and very offensive to those reading it.


Admittedly though I've never read the term mud crawler. Sounds more like an RPG baddie.

 

[DY_nasty]

Mayhaps davidion was referencing the fancy notion that they are low lifers, rather than the idea that he's omfg a racialistic.

This is GAF, we have standards.

 

[Parham]

Find me a better term for someone who'd kill their own flesh and blood for having the audacity to date someone who's not of their belief systems, and I'll be glad to use that instead.

Maybe genetic compost is a better term? Whatever works for you.

This appears to be a case of miscommunication. "Mud crawler" is often used as a derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern or African descent.

 

[Davidion]

I'm sure you could have imagined a better term. Imagine if I referred to a black guy who killed someone as a monkey. I mean yeah, he's a murderer but that's a loaded term which seems all-inclusive and very offensive to those reading it.


Admittedly though I've never read the term mud crawler. Sounds more like an RPG baddie.

Actually I specifically googled it up to make sure it didn't mean anything racially derogatory, but it is what it is.

If you thought I was referring to skin color, then I apologize.

 

[Stinkles]

Mayhaps davidion was referencing the fancy notion that they are low lifers, rather than the idea that he's omfg a racialistic.

He's saying that they're unevolved. It's perfectly clear. Anyone PM-ing a mod for racism is not really thinking about it.

 

[Kinitari]

I always get embarrassed for Muslims whenever shit like this happens. Heck, I haven't identified myself as Muslim for nearly 10 years, and I am embarrassed by this.