How Britain Enabled the Abuse of Thousands of Its Own Children
Last Month, a group called Restore Britain released a summary report of an
inquiry into the widespread and systematic sexual exploitation of
vulnerable working-class women and children across the nation. At least a
quarter of a million girls were sexually assaulted, trafficked,
tortured, and even killed, mostly by gangs of Pakistani Muslims. The
details in the report are so horrifying, it is difficult to believe they
are true.
As
shocking as the reports of abuse are the descriptions of the response
by British authorities, including police, teachers, social workers,
doctors, and politicians. Evidence of the abuse and reports by victims
were downplayed and ignored. When Prime Minister Kier Starmer, who
resigned, was Director of Public Prosecutions and the head of the
Crown Prosecution Service, he dismissed 13,000 cases of suspected child
sexual offenders with a warning letter rather than attempt to
prosecute. According to the report, the fear of being labeled racist,
the fear of losing votes, the fear of rioting if prosecutions happened,
and the fear of accusations of classism all contributed to a culture in
which “community cohesion” became more important than protecting women
and children.
British
citizens who spoke out about the abuse or expressed criticism of mass
migration were often prosecuted, especially if the criticisms were
directed at Pakistani or Muslim communities. In some cases, fathers
attempting to rescue their daughters from abusers were even arrested.
Last year alone in Great Britain, approximately 12,000 people were
prosecuted for social media posts, some for longer periods than those
who committed the crimes they were protesting.
Underlying
the British response and the silence by media outlets both in Britain
and in the U.S. is a cultural mood common among elites and shaped by
Critical Theory. Western culture is assumed to be oppressive, and
minorities, especially immigrants, are assumed to be victims of Western
oppression. Thus, minorities cannot be expected to be held to the same
standards. Their behavior results from their oppression, and identifying
criminals within a minority group, it is assumed, will foster even
deeper racism and Islamophobia—a term coined by the Muslim Brotherhood
to shut down criticism of Islam. In this morally upside-down world,
racism and Islamophobia are worse crimes than the sexual exploitation of
children.
The
gangs that have been operating in Britain have deep ideological and
cultural roots shaped by Islam, including Sharia law. While most Muslims
are law abiding and many imams have condemned these gangs, the scale of
abuse is so widespread that it must have been known. And yet, it was
allowed and even enabled in some communities.
Also
ignored is the difficult truth that Islam, on its own terms, allows
child sexual exploitation and trafficking. According to Islamic
teaching, Mohammad received the Quran directly from Allah through
dictation from the angel Gabriel. Thus, Muslims claim, it is the perfect
and unchangeable expression of how Allah wants us to live, and Mohammad
was the perfect exemplar of that way of life. Therefore, Muslims should
pattern their lives after him.
Mohommad,
who claimed divine approval for himself, was a polygamist and a slaver.
He promised his followers unending sexual bliss in paradise along with
wine and other goods they were forbidden to have in this world, if they
followed him and fought along with him. He married a 6-year-old girl and
consummated the marriage when she was 9.
Many
Muslims believe that, under Sharia, the same behavior is permitted with
children today, and that Muslims are permitted to take non-Muslim
women, married or not, as slaves. They are also permitted to abuse and
humiliate them, including prostituting them for the benefit of their
owners. All this is part of Sharia.
What
these gangs have done to at least 250,000 women and children in Britain
is allowed by these extreme interpretations of Sharia. Many of the
young men responsible for these atrocities believe they are answerable
to Sharia, rather than to British law. They believe what they are doing
is approved by Allah, especially when done to an enemy who is oppressing
them. This is something radical Islam has in common with Critical
Theory.
This
terrible story reveals why it is foolish to suggest that all cultures
and religions are morally equal. They are not. Though every person is
made in the image of God and fallen into sin, some cultures and
religions encourage sin and fallenness, including the abuse of other
image bearers.
Ideas
have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. In Great Britain alone, the
victims of Islam and Critical Theory number in the hundreds of
thousands.
Thanks to Breakpoint for this Report.
