from Christian Concern
Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe has highlighted for years the link between ‘grooming gangs’ and Islam. He reviews the new report from Rupert Lowe’s inquiry
Rupert Lowe MP has published the results of his Rape Gang Inquiry this week in a 219-page document which can be found online here. This report gives some helpful perspective on the scale and nature of these crimes.
The largest section of the report consists of twenty victim testimonies which make for harrowing reading. There are also some whistleblower testimonies. Then there is quite a lot of discussion of enabling factors, the Islamic influence, and recommendations.
The scale of the abuse
The report cites evidence that these crimes were carried out by mostly Muslim men with predominantly Pakistani heritage. These gangs have been operating around the country since the 1950s. The report estimates that at least 250,000 young white girls have been subjected to repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture, pregnancy, forced Islamic conversion, and lifelong trauma.
The Inquiry finds evidence that rape gangs operate or have operated in at least 149 Local Authority Districts across the United Kingdom. This, of course, includes London, where the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has repeatedly insisted that grooming gangs are not operating.
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