Liberals would rather risk the death of a child like Sara Sharif than appear racist

Dec 14, 2024 by Jill

by Allison Pearson, Telegraph:

To prevent further sad stories like hers, we must make it clear that the price of living in our country is abiding by our values.

We will never know precisely what killed Sara Sharif. The 10-year-old’s body suffered at least 25 fractures and 71 external injuries including human bite marks and burns made with an iron. That beautiful little girl had been beaten with a cricket bat, tied to a radiator and her back was broken with a force said to be comparable to that of falling from a 20ft height.

When Surrey police broke into the Sharif family home, after a tip-off from Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, they found hoods made from plastic bags, with a small hole for the mouth, which forensic evidence showed would be fixed to Sara’s face. Before fleeing to Pakistan, Urfan called police to explain he had not meant to kill his daughter, but that he had beaten her up “too much” for being naughty.

The details of Sara’s torture and eventual murder at the hands of her father and wicked stepmother, Beinash Batool, were so horrific that even my mild-mannered Christian colleague Tim Stanley was moved to volunteer himself for a firing squad.

Which of us would not overcome our objections to capital punishment and flick the switch on an electric chair for a monster who was deaf to his child’s “gut-wrenching screams” often heard by neighbours and who, by his depraved actions, disgraced the name of “father”. The creator and protector became the destroyer.

Although I did my best to screen them out, there were three details of Sara’s ordeal that lodged in my mind. The first was a creepy picture of her wearing full make-up and looking more like a bride-to-be than a prepubescent child. Make-up was applied by Batool to conceal her stepdaughter’s injuries.

As did the hijab that Sara started wearing to school in January 2023 and which hid cuts and bruises on her face and head. This was a cunning move by the abusive couple. They were not religiously observant, and no other female in the Sharif family covered her hair, but they clearly believed that a Muslim headscarf would cause teachers to feel awkward about examining Sara too closely lest they cause offence.

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