The brother of a slain high school student who reportedly feuded with family members over her reluctance to wear traditional Muslim garb betrayed little emotion Friday in a Brampton, Ont., courtroom as he was released on bail.

Waqas Parvez, 26, faces a charge of obstructing police. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to reside with his surety and surrender his passport.

Parvez, dressed in a black bomber jacket and grey shirt, sat stone-faced throughout much of his hearing in the courtroom northwest of Toronto.

There is a publication ban on evidence presented at the hearing, which was also attended by his brother, Muhammad Shan Parvez.

Their father, Mississauga taxi driver Muhammad Parvez, 57, has been charged with murder in the death of his daughter Aqsa. He has not yet entered a plea.

The 16-year-old girl, who died late Monday in hospital, was embroiled in a long-standing dispute with her family over her apparent reluctance to wear the hijab, the traditional Muslim head scarf, her school friends say.

Police were summoned to her home after a man called 911 to say he had killed his daughter.

Autopsy results released earlier this week found Parvez died of "neck compression."

The tragedy has underscored a heated public debate about women's rights within Canada's Islamic communities, and inflamed existing tensions resulting from what Muslim leaders say is ignorance and misunderstanding in Canadian society.