Shabir Ahmed, jailed for 19 years for the abuse of dozens of vulnerable white British underaged children, was brought to court for a second trial in May this year.
The British tabloid, The Sun, described Ahmed who lived in a terraced house in Oldham, as a “monster” at the time. Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England, near Rochdale and Rotherham. It boasts a high level of Muslims, particularly from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
FWM contacted the Council to find out more about the Muslim prayer. Charlotte Parker, a communications officer, denied that the Muslim prayer regularly played a part in formal meetings, however.
“Since Oldham Council was established in 1974 prayers have always taken place before Full Council meetings in Oldham. We are just one of the local authorities from across the country which carries out this tradition.
“The Mayor’s Chaplain is an honorary title and due to Oldham’s diverse population previous chaplains have come from different religions and faiths,” Parker said.
She added: “They are also invited to bless the meeting and those in attendance and when required initiate a minute’s silence as at the last meeting.”
A video on YouTube titled “UK mayor orders muslim prayer start all sessions” shows a prayer being said for people who have died in a terrorist attack.
Dr Martin Parsons, a former aid worker in Afghanistan and Pakistan, recently praised Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who pursued the sex grooming gang relentlessly since she was elected in the wake of the Rotherham grooming scandal.
Parsons says Pakistan is a country which he knows well and he is familiar with the scourge of sex grooming. A high proportion from Pakistan’s Christian and Hindu minorities “are regarded as inferiors” by a great many Pakistani Muslims, according to Parsons.
“In fact, most abductions occur in the Punjab and Sindh province, where the majority of the Christians and Hindus respectively live. A 2014 report by a Pakistani NGO highlighted how these abductions are justified by forcing the victims to convert to Islam, which then enables the perpetrator to escape justice,” Parsons said.
The NGO stated: “Cases for forced marriages and conversions can be distinguished by a specific pattern or process: Christian girls – usually between the ages of 12 and 25 – are abducted, converted to Islam, and married to the abductor or third party. The victim’s family usually files a First Information Report (FIR) for abduction or rape with the local police station. The abductor, on behalf of the victim girl, files a counter FIR, accusing the Christian family of harassing the willfully converted and married girl, and for conspiring to convert the girl back to Christianity. Upon production in the courts or before the magistrate, the victim girl is asked to testify whether she converted and married of her own free will or if she was abducted. In most cases, the girl remains in custody of the abductor while judicial proceedings are carried out. Upon the girl’s pronouncement that she willfully converted and consented to the marriage, the case is settled without relief for the family. Once in the custody of the abductor, the victim girl may be subjected to sexual violence, rape, forced prostitution, human trafficking and sale, or other domestic abuse.
The prevalence and incidence of forced conversion and marriage are difficult to accurately estimate due to reporting deficiencies and the complex nature of the crime. Estimates therefore range from 100 to 700 victim Christian girls per year. For the Hindu community, the most conservative estimates put the number of victims at 300 per year.”
Pakistani Christians face many injustices in their country including the blasphemy laws, the abduction, rape and forcible conversion of Christian girls.
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Pitiful! Islamic takeover of the UK underway – just as though we know not what happened t post-revolution Iran, post-revolution Afghanistan, post-Hezbollah Lebanon!
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