Children & Teens
Grooming: Sajid Javid orders officials to build profile of sex gangs (LINK ONLY)
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Sex Crime
Children & Teens
Counter-protest planned against Gays Against Sharia UK and Standing For Britain joint rally in Stockton Gays Against Sharia UK are planning a joint rally with Standing For Britain and will be marching through the town centre this Saturday
(Teesside Gazette) Anti-fascists are gearing up to counter-protest against a march in Stockton. The counter-protest comes after campaigners, Gays Against Sharia UK, announced they are holding a joint rally with Standing For Britain and will be marching through the town centre this […]
Crime
French court denies request by Tariq Ramadan to drop rape charges
(AFP) French judges have rejected a request by lawyers for Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to drop charges of raping two women, a source close to the inquiry told AFP on Friday. Ramadan, a Swiss citizen and Oxford University professor whose grandfather founded […]
Children & Teens
There is no honour in ‘honour killings,’ only male shame (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
The Islamic school run from the home of a rapist (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Tariq Ramadan: Alleged rape victim’s story contradicted by wedding pictures
(Morocco World News) Henda Ayari’s version of events has been questioned after new evidence has emerged in Tariq Ramadan’s rape case. In October, Ayari, an author and former Salafi, had accused the prominent public intellectual of raping her. After Ayari’s accusation, four […]
Children & Teens
Muslim group decries Arizona congressman over UK activist
(AP) The Arizona chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group on Wednesday condemned a congressman for appearing at a London rally in support of a jailed far-right British activist. Rep. Paul Gosar recently spoke at a rally supporting the jailed […]
Crime
Protesters demand scholar Tariq Ramadan’s release ahead of trial, as academic’s health worsens
(New Arab) Protests took place around the world on Tuesday to demand the release of Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss Muslim academic who was detained in France after being accused of rape. Solidarity rallies as part of the Free Tariq Ramadan Campaign’s “International […]
Children & Teens
Home Office had information on Rotherham grooming gangs in 2002 but failed to act, review finds (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Turks voice solidarity with detained Muslim professor Tariq Ramadan is in preventative detention and waiting for trial in France since February
(Anadolu) Istanbulites on Tuesday joined a global protest to show solidarity with renowned Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, who was arrested in France over allegations of sexual assault and rape. The 55-year-old Islamic studies professor, who has been held in preventative detention and […]
Children & Teens
UK Parliament: Little interest in grooming gangs
(Gatestone) In response to Britain’s ongoing sexual grooming scandal, a group of 20 MPs signed an open letter to recently appointed [the] home secretary, Sajid Javid, urging coordinated action. As the UK Parliament has 650 MPs, the 20 signatories constitute a mere […]
Crime
French court jails anti-Semitic attackers
(AFP) A French court on Friday jailed three young men who carried out a notorious anti-Semitic rape-robbery in a Paris suburb in 2014. Abdou Salam Koita, 26, and Ladje Haidara, 23, who committed the rape were in court to hear the verdict. […]
Clerics & Preachers
Dar al-Hijrah, Turkish government mosque rally for Tariq Ramadan
(IPT) Two Washington, D.C.-area mosques hosted programs last weekend calling for the release of celebrity Islamist Tariq Ramadan, who has been in a French jail since February on rape charges. He is the grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna. Rallies at […]