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My Open Letter to Allison Pearson
Dear Allison, I am writing this letter to you in response to your article in the Telegraph titled “Oxford Grooming Gang: We Will Regret ignoring Asian Thugs who Target White Girls.” You make many errors of judgement within your article, the first being your claim that ‘…leaders of the Pakistani Muslim community – essentially a Victorian society that has landed like Doctor Who’s Tardis on a liberal, permissive planet it despises – are at pains to deny that the grooming gang’s behaviour has anything to do with ethnic origin or contemptible attitudes towards women.’ Firstly, many leaders within the Muslim community have spoken out...
Read MoreCAASE- Community Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
On Friday10th May we will see the launch of a coalition of organisations uniting to tackle “street grooming.” CAASE (Community Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation), is a response to the recent investigations into child sex allegations, grooming of young girls and exploitation of young women. The initiative is being supported by many faith leaders and women’s rights networks including the Muslim Council of Britain, Faith Associates, Christian Muslim Forum, Church of England, Inspire, Henna Foundation and many more. CAASE aims to encourage better reporting focusing on both minority and mainstream communities, it will fight anti Muslim hatred connected to...
Read MoreDeluded Defenders of God
Pakistan was born from a vision full of hope. It was born with the ideals that all would be equal and minorities would be permitted to live with full protection and freedom from oppression. It was never intended for Pakistan to be a religious state and especially not one with religious divisions. Yet sadly, this is what is has come to be known as, especially in the last couple of years. The Blasphemy laws of Pakistan date back to the 1980s , beginning in 1980 where a number of clauses was added to the Pakistan Penal Code, these are categorized in two sections, the anti-Ahmedi laws and the blasphemy laws. The Anti-Ahmedi laws state that Ahmedi’s are forbidden to call...
Read MoreSticks & Stones
This post, is one that I have repeatedly considered writing since March of this year, following all the harassment I received following the airing of Make Bradford British. At first, I left it because I didn’t want it to seem like I was crying out for sympathy & secondly I didn’t want the trolls/bullies who were hating on me to know the extent of their damage. The second time I considered writing this post was after the Shafilea Ahmed case, and my very public acknowledgement and approval of the sentence given to her parents, again i was subjected to more abuse, and again I left it. The most recent events that have prompted me to actually sit down and...
Read MoreBad Sexual Etiquette
Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into effect on 1 May 2004, an individual (a) is guilty of rape if; A – intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus or mouth of B (the complainant) with his penis; B- does not consent to the penetration; and, A- does not reasonably believe that B consents. Thats the legal ‘definition,’ i want to specify what my definition of rape is, and one that i know many will agree with, Rape occurs when a sexual act is subjected on an individual without consent, now that means even if you slept with someone, had sex with them and then woke up and decided to go again but they weren’t up for it. Coercion...
Read MoreSTAMP IT OUT
I begin this post with caution and care, for it is a subject that it is both sensitive and emotive in nature. It is an issue that I am strongly against,And one that perturbs me more then others. I am writing about Forced Marriage, and the recent law introduced (which will be come into place in 2013) criminalising forced marriage. I think before I begin, it is important for me to specify my definition of a forced marriage which is as follows; A coercive attempt to subjugate an individual into a marriage without consent, it can involve; physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, emotional blackmail, torture, physical blackmail, kidnapping, rape, or simply just the mere...
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