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Ruqayyah's avatar

Ahmed, I’m in agreement with almost everything in your article. But there is an assumption that the Pakistani community hasn’t spoken out against this - I can tell you that in 2010 when this came out probably ever Friday sermon in every mosque around the country was on this issue and it was self-reflective, focused on what we need to ask and do as a community to figure out how we ended up here and what we’re going to stop it happening again. If it was down to the Pakistani community these men would have been punished properly, they would never see the light of day again.

But there is an agenda here with it coming up again. You do have to ask why now? And people are afraid of serving that agenda unwittingly. Also, we as a community aren’t really being asked to condemn this and work with society at large to prevent it happening again- we are just being asked to confirm other people’s racists and bigoted attitudes. No wonder people aren’t willing to comply.

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nosey parker's avatar

Do you have ANY idea how common pedophilia is among Caucasian British men? OMG. It's SO (native) British. Ask any upper crust teenager who has attended a "public" school. They have ALL been buggered. Read Diana Spencer's brother's book on his experience in boarding school.

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