Shaher Bano Shahdady killed by Islamist Husband

Shaher Bano Shahdady, 21, had no idea Facebook would cost her her life when she was married against her wishes three years ago.The Canadian mother of a two-year-old son was found dead in her Scarborough apartment Friday evening while the toddler played in the home.News reports said the alleged killer, her estranged husband Abdul Malik Rustam, 27, had beaten her to death sometime Thursday then left her body to rot inside her Eglinton Ave. E apartment.Shahdady’s body was discovered by her father around 5:00 p.m. Friday. Rustam surrendered to police Saturday morning and was charged with first-degree murder.

Sources in Canada, who knew about the incident, said the girl's father, a Muslim missionary named Mullah Abdul Ghafoor, had got her married against her wishes to Rustam, a Muslim missionary like himself from Karachi, Pakistan.

Shadady's use of Facebook is said to have annoyed Rustam, while their relationship was dysfunctional since day one. Rustam was unlettered but Shahdady went to school in Toronto. Mullah Ghafoor became a born-again Muslim after arriving in Canada. He used to help ethnic Baloch immigrants from southwest Asia as an interpreter in court hearings.“Mullah Ghafoor was here in Vancouver many years ago. He said he will visit me only if I go with him to the mosque,” Frank Baloch, a Balochistan liberation activist based in Vancouver, recalled on phone Wednesday evening. "I declined," he said.

Commenting on a story in Greenwich Diva, Umair Baloshi said Tuesday, “Hang till death Abdul Malik Rustum.... he is killer of our sweet Bano.” Another commentator who used the acronym “freedom” said, “Yes death is what he deserves. He is crazy and took our innocent Bano from us.”

Bubbli Baloch, who described Shahdady as “my sweet sister” said Bano went thru many hard times raising a child who had heart problems and then to be killed by an unloving husband. “Bano’s murderer should be hung to death ... We need justice for Bano.”

When contacted, activists of Baloch Human Rights Council of Toronto dismissed as untrue rumors that the alleged killer was a member of their organization. However, some B.H.R.C. members were in touch with both Rustam and the victim's father.