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The Shafia family murders took place on June 30, 2009, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Shafia sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with their father's first wife Rona Muhammad Omar, 52 (all of Afghan origin), were found dead inside a car that was discovered underwater in front of the northernmost Kingston Mills lock of the Rideau Canal, [1] after they were reported missing. [2]
[1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This list does not include serial killers , members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Freedom of religion in Canada is a constitutionally protected right, allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference. [2]According to the 2021 census, Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with 53.3% of the population (more than half of these are Roman Catholic); one third of Canadians stated that they were irreligious or had no religion.
Eight of the dead had plastic bags over their heads: this may have been done to burn their faces faster. [ 30 ] 20 of the dead had been shot with one gun; [ 4 ] 21 of them had died from gunshot wounds, previously drugged with sleeping pills, with another two dying of suffocation from plastic bags (Pilet and Pfaehler).
Seven members of the Pederson family were killed with an axe in their beds by a schizophrenic man, Frederick Moses McCallum. [5] Blue Bird Café fire: September 1, 1972 Montreal, Quebec: 37 Fire No The Blue Bird Café fire was a nightclub fire on September 1, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec. In all, 37 people were killed as a result of arson.
Over the years, the WSO has played a significant role in advocating for Sikh rights, religious freedoms, and combating anti-Sikh hate in Canada. In the 1990s, WSO was involved in the case of Baltej Singh Dhillon in his fight to wear a turban as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
Secularization has been growing since the 1960s. [205] [206] In 2011, 23.9% declared no religious affiliation, compared to 16.5% in 2001. [207] In recent years there have been substantial rises in non-Christian religions in Canada. From the 1991 to 2011, Islam grew by 316%, Hinduism 217%, Sikhism 209%, and Buddhism 124%. The growth of non ...
Violence committed by secular governments and people, including the anti-religious, have been documented including violence or persecutions focused on religious believers and those who believe in the supernatural in multiple regions [51] [52] notably such as in the Soviet Union, [53] [54] [55] Cambodia, [56] China, [57] and Mexico. [58]