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Friday, November 10, 2006
Canada's Supreme Court Denies Review of Religious Mitigation Defense
The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday refused to hear the appeal of Adi Abdul Humaid, a devout Muslim, who claimed that his cultural and religious beliefs in "family honour"should be taken into account to give him a lighter sentence for stabbing his wife to death. The National Post today reports that Humaid's lawyer argued that his client was deprived of self-control by his wife's claim that she cheated on him-- a severe insult in the Muslim faith.