A family of albino Muslims are being terrorised by bigots because their daughter married a man from another religion. \nThe so-called \u2018honour\u2019 retribution has included smashed windows at their Coventry home, vandalised cars and death threats.
\nNow, head of the family Aslam Parvez has made a plea to the culprits to end the hatred.
\n\u2018We\u2019re a good family and have done nothing wrong yet we\u2019re being punished in the name of honour,\u2019 he said.
\nAslam Parvez, 53, blames members of the Muslim community who believe the family have been dishonoured by his daughter\u2019s marriage.
\nThe hate campaign started five months ago when a national magazine published an article on albinos which featured Naseem, who no longer lives in Coventry and has little contact with her family.
\nIt revealed how she has married a Christian, goes to church and is expecting her second child with her husband.
\nMr Parvez says copies of the article were quickly spread maliciously, and were posted on walls near their house and through the doors of Muslim homes in the community.
\nMr Parvez says he has received numerous death threats and has spent hundreds of pounds installing security cameras around his house.
\nHe has now stopped going to mosque and says he may be forced to flee the city with his wife Shameem Akhtar, 55, three sons Mohammed, 17, Haider, 28, Gulam, 30, and daughters Muqadas, 26 and Musarat, 19.
\nMr Parvez called the police last week and officers are investigating the issue.
\n\u2018We want it to stop now,\u2019 Mr Parvez said in a direct appeal to the culprits.
\n\u2018We\u2019ve had enough of all these bad things. We\u2019re not a bad family and have done nothing wrong\u2019.
\n\u2018We\u2019re being punished for our daughter\u2019s decision. We just want to live our lives in peace.
\n\u2018I\u2019m a good religious man. Look at your own lives before you judge us\u2019.
\n\u2018I know deep in my heart that I am a good man. God will judge you for what you\u2019ve done to us.\u2019
\nMr Parvez was born in Pakistan and moved to Coventry at the age of 10 to join his family. He later met and married his Shameem, who is also an albino.
\nTheir six children inherited their parents\u2019 condition, which causes an absence of pigmentation and partial sightedness.
\nMr Parvez says their condition has meant they have been subjected to ridicule, but recent events have made their lives unbearable.
\n\u2018I\u2019ve always had it bad,\u2019 Mr Parvez said. \u2018I was called names when I went to school and then when I went to work\u2019.
\n\u2018You get funny looks in the street but you get used to it\u2019.
\n\u2018We\u2019ve dealt with discrimination all our lives. This has made us feel 10 times worse.\u2019
\nA Coventry Police spokesman said they received an allegation from the family on July 20 and are investigating the matter.
\nMandy Sanghera, a social worker and Coventry expert in honour violence, is supporting the family.
\nShe said: \u2018This family is already vulnerable because of their condition and have clearly been affected by honour violence against them\u2019.
\n\u2018They don\u2019t deserve it. They need the support of the community not to be alienated by them. I urge those responsible for doing this to stop.\u2019<\/p>\n
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