In recent days I've expressed my concern at media and political claims that the grooming of young girls for sexual abuse is a phenomena endemic in Muslim communities particularly those of Pakistan heritage.
I know from my work with the National Children's Home (now Action for Children) in the 1980s that such gangs operate amongst all ethnic groups.
Today another pedophile gang has been put behind bars. These were white people who took and swapped pictures of small children, some of whom had been entrusted to the care of nurseries.
All this happened thanks to the vigilance and courage of a business colleague of one of the accused. His name was Ahmed. All the Ahmeds I know are Muslims of Pakistan origin.![]()
I know from my work with the National Children's Home (now Action for Children) in the 1980s that such gangs operate amongst all ethnic groups.
Today another pedophile gang has been put behind bars. These were white people who took and swapped pictures of small children, some of whom had been entrusted to the care of nurseries.
All this happened thanks to the vigilance and courage of a business colleague of one of the accused. His name was Ahmed. All the Ahmeds I know are Muslims of Pakistan origin.
