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I’m a Rotherham grooming gang survivor. I call myself a survivor because I’m still alive. I’m part of the UK’s largest ever child sexual abuse investigation.
As a teenager, I was taken to various houses and flats above takeaways in the north of England, to be beaten, tortured and raped over 100 times. I was called a “white slag” and “white c***” as they beat me.
They made it clear that because I was a non-Muslim, and not a virgin, and because I didn’t dress “modestly”, that they believed I deserved to be “punished”. They said I had to “obey” or be beaten
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Religious indoctrination is a big part of the process of getting young men involved in grooming gang crime. Religious ideas about purity, virginity, modesty and obedience are taken to the extreme until horrific abuse becomes the norm. It was taught to me as a concept of “othering”.
“Muslim girls are good and pure because they dress modestly, covering down to their ankles and wrists, and covering their crotch area. They stay virgins until marriage. They are our girls.
"White girls and non-Muslim girls are bad because you dress like slags. You show the curves of your bodies (showing the gap between your thighs means you’re asking for it) and therefore you’re immoral. White girls sleep with hundreds of men. You are the other girls. You are worthless and you deserve to be gang-raped.”
This hateful religious hypocrisy strikes people to their very core. But it’s far from unique. My main perpetrator quoted scriptures from the Quran to me as he beat me. However, almost identical scriptures (about the stoning to death of virgins who don’t scream when they are raped) can also be found in the Bible.
If anything, rising anti-Muslim hate will probably make groomers stronger in their convictions, and drive ordinary young Muslim men towards fundamentalism, grooming gangs and terrorism. The camaraderie, protection, money, and kudos that these groups offer, makes them a strong pull for anyone. Worryingly, several young men I have spoken to joke that being a gangster and going to jail are their “life goals”.
originally posted by: stosh64
The UK sure has its priorities straight.
Lock a guy and girl up for daring to want to do an interview with a controversial person who has broken no laws except thought laws.
Yet overlook child abusers and child killers because it may offend the criminals.
This is a Biblical level of institutional evil we are witnessing.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: Grambler
This is the same thing as terrorists - they may claim to be devout Muslims in order to justify their crimes, but Islam does not condone these acts. These guys are not properly following Islam.
No, we should not ignore or keep these crimes hidden. But we should understand and emphasize that this is not the way of Islam. It is exactly counter to it.
By the way, from what I’ve been reading, the grooming gangs do tend to be Asian, but pedophile rings tend to be Caucasian. Bottom line is, bad is bad is bad.
Oh, and apologies for misreading the white gang’s deal. They were put in jail for 18 years, not grooming for 18 years.
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: Grambler
Telford, Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford...which northern town is next I wonder...it's a national shame.
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: Grambler
“Thank you.
Fair enough. “
Is what I was gonna say until I read the bbc article that just talks about a single rapist and monster. Rather than some mysterious 40 year old pedo ring..
I’m glad I actually read the article rather than assuming it confirmed the crap source from the OP...
Telford has been in the spotlight since the Sunday Mirror published a report about "groups of mainly Asian men" targeting vulnerable white teenagers in the town since the 1980s.
Operation Chalice, launched by West Mercia Police, led to the jailing in 2012 of a group of men officers believe may have targeted more than 100 girls.
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: Grambler
So is the reason you chose to go with a pretend news site, so you could go the whole “pedophile ring “ propaganda????
Was it that all the accredited news organizations were selling it as an isolated incident and you wanted to propagandize it, or what??
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: Grambler
So is the reason you chose to go with a pretend news site, so you could go the whole “pedophile ring “ propaganda????
Was it that all the accredited news organizations were selling it as an isolated incident and you wanted to propagandize it, or what??