I don't hate or hold responsible every Pakistani muslim for the crimes that happens in my town or even on a wider scale.
My old boss was a Pakistani muslim. He was one of the kindest, gentlest men I have ever known and helped me escape a vile, abusive relationship with my baby dd. I know I could call him at any time and ask for help and his culture and his heart would help me.
The doctor I have seen today was probably muslim. I am not sure he was of.Pakistani origin but I suspect he was. He was kind and sympathetic and professional.
The surgeons who saved my dps life a few years ago might have been muslim. They saved his life. They could pray to a goat for all I care.
The strangers who took me in from a cold dark November night about 11 years ago when my ex threatened to rape and beat me if I didn't give him more money, while I had a 5 month old baby in my arms weren't English. They were from some part of Europe. I have never forgotten their kindness.
But I have also never forgotten that men raped and beat my school friends and my nieces friends and daughters of.my mums friends. That they physically and emotionally abused 100's of girls and will probably never be brought to justice. That our town officials turned their back on them for fear of being caled racist. That some muslims in our town and around the country use their race and religio to hide behind. That they have taken our tolerance and compassion and commitment to equal rights and laughed in our faces. That they continue to do so even now.
And when the muslim community raise their hands in horror at what we are saying, that we want our sons and daughters to be safe without being abused or being given drugs or being used to sell their filthy smack and say 'oh no not us we are peaceful muslims'. Well it is some of you and ranks are closed and racism cited.
Unless you have lived all your life in areas like the one I grew up in you can not tell me how to feel. I know there are good and bad of every race and religion. I know this because I have seen it. But in Rotherham what has happened is that the muslim community has closed ranks and become even more insular. Instead of reaching out to the people of Rotherham and saying 'look we have had a problem, we are working with the police and the authorities and we will get to the bottom of it' they are saying 'don't blame me. I am a good muslim and I know nothing of this'.
They probably are good muslims. But they did know because every teenage girl knew and some parents knew and the authorities did know.
And still we are told we must not judge. That we can not hold every single muslim responsible. That it is not a religious or race issue. That the girls were difficult and probably abused already which is why they were in care.
I hold all of Rotherham responsible for what happened. And what is still happening. Every white boy who has called a girl a slag. Every teacher that has wrote a girl off because she is from the wrong family. Every social worker and every police.officer and every muslim. Every dad who hasn't been around and every dad who has but hasn't stopped it because he was scared of the repercussions.
And until someone takes responsibility for it it will cause racial problems in the town and paedophiles will walk amongst us. I make no apologies for my feelings. I only apologise to the girls who suffered for what they went through.