Rochdale Muslim slams prostitution, police and censorship

[TonyGosling]

Muslim leader slams cops
Mike Keegan
26/ 3/2008

A MUSLIM leader has slammed police for failing to deal with Asian gangs who force young white girls into prostitution.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... slams_cops

Mohammed Shafiq, director of the Rochdale-based Ramadhan Foundation, has claimed officers are differentiating between criminals on the basis of race. He says fears of a repeat of the Oldham race riots mean officers are `overtly sensitive' and are not clamping down on prostitution.

His comments are to be aired this week on a BBC programme which will reignite the controversial issue.

The broadcast comes after a 2004 Channel 4 documentary which claimed Asian men in Bradford were grooming under-age white girls for prostitution was cancelled.

Police claimed it could provoke racial violence during the local election campaign. But on Panorama tomorrow Mr Shafiq claims the police are `over cautious' when dealing with the issue.

"They fear being called racist," he says. "They are not Asian criminals, they are not Muslim criminals, they are not white criminals. They are criminals and should be treated as criminals."

Mr Shafiq claims some of those involved were gangs trying to make money after a drop in the cost of drugs. He said: "I am the only Muslim leader in the UK that speaks up against this sort of thing and I do it because these teenage girls are somebody's sisters and somebody's daughters. I have two daughters and wouldn't want that to happen to them.

"If there is a drug dealer grooming a white teenager into prostitution then I don't want the police or local authority not to be open about it."

In Oldham a specialist team called Messenger has been set up to combat the issue of child exploitation.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester police described the allegations as `nonsense based on ignorance'.

He said: "The fact that we have charged 12 people through Messenger in Oldham alone shows that we are taking concrete, real action."

[outsider]

'Real life detective, Maggie Oliver, talks about horrifying child sex abuse in Rochdale and the TV show Three Girls':
http://www.itv.com/loosewomen/real-life ... hree-girls

'The real life detective, Maggie Oliver, who exposed the child sex ring in Rochdale gave an emotional interview and talked about the TV show Three Girls which tells the true story.

Maggie eventually quit the police force because the authorities failed to protect the young girls from abuse.

She said: 'A police officer's first duty is to act, is to protect the vulnerable. I've spoken out because I wanted to show the country what senior police officers were allowing to happen.'

The notorious case saw girls, some as young as 13, being plied with drugs and alcohol by a gang of men, who then passed them around a paedophile group for sex.

Maggie spoke about her feelings of frustration and sadness as allegations failed to be followed through, allowing the abuse to continue.

She said: ‘I hope change comes from this. I shouldn’t have had to leave my job to get this out in the public domain.............'

’BBC Drama on Rochdale Grooming Gangs: Three Girls - Episode 1':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_V35N7SgUU
Episode 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gglEX3LdFs
Episode 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILMaglVyU4c

[TonyGosling]

And all to highlight ethnic minorities sexually abusing under age girls
While the VIPaedophile enquiry, implicating Savile, senior royals, MI6 and Tories insexual abuse of pre-pubescent toddlers, is whacked out into the long grass

[outsider]

And all to highlight ethnic minorities sexually abusing under age girls
While the VIPaedophile enquiry, implicating Savile, senior royals, MI6 and Tories insexual abuse of pre-pubescent toddlers, is whacked out into the long grass

Sure, but the ex-police woman does emphasise the role of police in not vigourously persuing these cases. She left the Police Force because of the police inaction.