JUST A LITTLE FAMILY MISUNDERSTANDING – AT 8:38 A.M. ET:  From Britain there comes news of a little misunderstanding within a family that, I assure you, has nothing to do with religious belief or fanaticism.

The father and brother of an actress who starred in the Harry Potter films have been charged with threatening to kill her.

Afshan Azad, 22, has appeared in four of the movies as Padma Patil, a classmate of the young wizard.

She was allegedly attacked at her home in Longsight, Manchester, on May 21 this year.

Now her father Abdul Azad, 54, and brother, Ashraf Azad, 28, both of Beresford Road, Longsight, have appeared in court.

Abdul is accused of threatening to kill his daughter and Ashraf of threatening to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his sister.

Both men appeared at Manchester magistrates court and the case was adjourned until later this month for committal proceedings to crown court.

Afshan was studying for her AS levels at the Xaverian College in Rusholme when she was first cast in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

COMMENT:  Nowhere in the story, from Asian News, is there any indication of why a father might want to kill his daughter, or a brother his sister. 

But it has become trendy, especially in the age of Barack Obama, to shove motive under the bed, for fear of "offending" (the worst crime these days) the world's Muslims.  We are fighting a war in which we refuse to identify the enemy.

July 2, 2010