Pakistani Religious leader "raped boy at a Mosque"

A Pakistani Imam raped a poor young boy on numerous occasions while he attended a Mosque for Quran lessons in Stoke a court heard today. One should point out that the Imam has denied the charges of rape and the case continues.

Sadly Jack Straw has not commented on this case so should you have a trawl around the Muslim blogosphere you will find complete silence on yet another case involving a Pakistani Imam although British Pakistani reaction to this article will be why does LM mention his Pakistani heritage. Sadly rather than focus on the shocking and unspeakable crimes the Imam is alleged to have committed we will still have a community living in denial that there is a problem despite the growing evidence here and here.

LM has already been critical of Mohamad Shafiq who suggested Mosques should do more to eradicate grooming by young British Pakistani males. This case sadly, although yet to be proven simply highlights my point that some Mosques in the north run by Pakistani Imams are actually increasingly becoming part of the problem rather than solution.

The British Pakistani community needs to pull its finger out urgently before sadly Pakistani Imams begin to establish a reputation on a par with the sexual abuse committed by the Catholic priesthood. How many more kids are going to be sexually abused in of all places the House of Allah (swt) before we say enough is enough.