The first time I ever heard about grooming was an article I read in the times about white grooming gangs targeting white teenage boys who were also raped, forced to perform sex acts and horrifically sexually abused by the men. One of the boys 14 at the time told of how he was sent to other cities by cab to be raped by other abusers who were part of the gang. Very similar crime and actions but surprisingly enough the article made no particular references to the race or culture of the men except in passing that they were white.
The crimes committed against these girls by these horrible abusers are shocking and the fact that they werent dealt with sooner by the local authorities is scandalous. They should be locked away in prison for a very long time and lessons should be learnt from this to make sure it is never repeated. But I cant help but have a sick feeling in my stomach that there are people trying to use this horrific crime as part of their sick agenda to stir up hatred towards others. When listening to the report I found it interesting that in fact they said the police and local council did not ignore these cases because of the race of the perpetrators or fear of offending communities but because they looked down on the girls themselves. The only significant point mentioned about race with regards to the council and police was that they wanted to play down the race of the perpetrators to avoid creating tensions. The complete opposite of what many on here are trying to do which is to play up the race and religion of the perpetrators to create tensions. I wonder which is worse.
The only people who should be held accountable for this crime are the perpetrators, the abusers. Just like in the story I mentioned above where the race was incidental to the crime in the same way the race and religion of these men has no bearing on what they did. There are sick abusers in every country, race, ethnic group, religion, culture etc and they alone should be blamed for what they did, not their skin colour, nationality or religion. There are white men who fly to the far east to sexually abuse young women and children. Is that because of their race or their culture that makes them look down on other races and children of people of other cultures? Or is it because they think they can get away with it if they abuse innocents in other countries. These men were predators and they preyed on these girls because they were vulnerable and unprotected. There have been stories about grooming gangs in cities like Birmingham that have preyed on teenage Asian girls and by asian here I mean muslim but also sikhs.
www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/10/abuse-asian-girls-missed-white-victims
Interesting that these cases dont get even half as much national exposure as the cases of white girls being groomed. Is it because these cases show categorically that "these sexual predators will target any girls who are vulnerable and accessible, regardless of their background, ethnicity or faith."
Not the message that hate mongers want to propagate.
The thing that is most unpalatable about this thread is the way that some are trying to hint that their religion had something to do with their crimes when these men committed some of the worst sins in the Islamic faith. Rape (a crime that would receive the death penalty), pre-marital sex (both men and women are expected to remain virgins until marriage incidentally), adultery (another crime punishable by death whether male or female if convicted), drug-taking and forcing others to take drugs, drinking alcohol and forcing others to drink alcohol, physical abuse, sexual abuse, lying, cheating, etc. These men are hardly going to be held up as examples of good muslims in fact quite the opposite. Im almost certain their families are probably living under terrible shame in their community because of the hideousness of their crimes. There crimes are in no way acceptable to muslims either and are just as disturbing and vile. The crazy justifications that some people are trying to use here just demonstrate the level of hatred you have for others and the equal levels of ignorance you have.