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Imams to preach against grooming of girls for sex

Euro-Islam11 years ago03 mins

Imams across Britain will give simultaneous sermons condemning sexual grooming next month, as part of a grass-roots Muslim campaign to tackle the problem of abuse. The co-ordinated event on 28 June will follow a conference organised by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to discuss ways of preventing further cases of abuse after seven men…

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Oxford sex abuse: ‘Victorian’ misogyny is evident in all cultures which emphasise female purity

Euro-Islam11 years ago09 mins

The distressing details of the Oxford child abuse case raise echoes of a similar case last year, involving the grooming of children for sex in Rochdale. In both, under-age white girls were the victims. All or most of the perpetrators were Asian men. The girls were from vulnerable backgrounds, including local authority care homes. Drugs,…

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Interview with Muslim Scholar Ziauddin Sardar: ”Muslims yearn for real debate”

Euro-Islam11 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Ziauddin Sardar is a leading British-Pakistani Muslim scholar and critic. In this interview with Susannah Tarbush, he talks about the magazine “Critical Muslim” he founded and which he sees as an “intellectual, cultural, philosophical and creative backup” for the revolutions of the Middle East In January a year ago, a refreshingly different kind of Muslim…

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Spanish police arrest eight members of terrorist cell in Barcelona

researcher13 years ago01 mins

November 30 to December 2, 2010 Counterterrorism police detained eight suspects with links to a banned Pakistani Muslim militant group blamed for the deadly 2008 attack in the Indian city of Mumbai. The Spanish Interior Ministry explained that the working methods of those arrested involved stealing passports and travel documents from tourists visiting Barcelona and…

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Pakistani protest against cartoon publications

researcher14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

The parliament of Pakistan and several Pakistani Muslim organizations protested against the decision of Norway’s Aftenposten to re-publish Kurt Westergaard’s caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the publication. Editor in chief Hilde Haugsgjerd says the protests were to be expected.

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