Reveller and pals plotted to celebrate Muslim holy festival with ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis

February 18, 2016, 1:11 pm

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Hamza Farooq, 20, of Levenshulme, spared jail over Eid drugs plot — Hamza Farooq, 20, of Levenshulme, **spared** jail over Eid drugs plot

A plot to stock up on club drugs for Eid was foiled when police raided a reveller’s hotel room at a city centre hotel.

Hamza Farooq and pals planned to celebrate the Muslim holy festival with ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis.

But former Stockport College student Farooq ended up spending the festivities under arrest, after officers looking for his suspected dealer raided the scene of the drop-off.

A Manchester Crown Court sentencing hearing was told that officers did not actually find their target when they went to room 429 at Sacha’s Hotel, Tib Street, Manchester in September last year. But they noticed a strong smell of cannabis, and found Farooq in the room in possession of around £1,000 worth of drugs.

The haul included three snapbags of cocaine, 12 bags of MDMA and 21 snapbags of cannabis, prosecutor Philip Dobson said.

Farooq, of Longden Road, Levenshulme, later admitted possessing the drugs with intent to supply, saying he had agreed to pick up for his circle of friends.

At the 20-year-old’s crown court sentencing hearing, David Bentley, defending, said: “He’s thoroughly ashamed. He had volunteered to assist the group celebrations, they were due to meet in the city centre to celebrate the Eid festival, that was the plan that night.

One of his friends had booked the hotel, it’s clear arrangements had been made to receive the drugs.

“He’s a young man with no previous convictions who became involved in a situation alien to him. He’s now in fear that there may be wider repercussions.”

Judge Andrew Blake, sentencing, challenged the idea that Farooq was ‘naive’, saying he was the group’s ‘go-to’ man for the drugs.

Mr Bentley went on: “He doesn’t fit the profile of those individuals who come before the court regularly. He’s a young man with intelligence, although that clearly failed him. He clearly hadn’t thought through the consequences.

He’s brought shame upon himself and his family. He’s lost his good name and his good character. He had sought employment in security. That now will be in jeopardy.”

Sentencing, Farooq to 12 months in jail, suspended for 18 months, with a curfew and and unpaid work requirement, Judge Blake told Farooq: “Your friends, for some reason, knew that you were the person who could fix up the drugs.

You are 20-years-old, good quaifications, a bright lad. If you go down this path all of that will be wasted.”

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Schoolgirl gang raped after being lured to hotel room during sinister game of 'hide and seek'

February 18, 2016, 1:14 pm

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A schoolgirl was gang raped after being lured into a hotel bathroom during a sinister game of hide and seek.

The 16-year-old was forced into sex at the Victoria Park Hotel, near Rusholme , by a mob who took turns to attack her after deciding she was ‘easy prey’, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Now three of the mob, Muyahdeen Osman, Bilal Ahmed, and Mowled Yussuf - all aged 20 - are beginning lengthy jail terms after being convicted of rape at Manchester Crown Court .

Two others have never been identified.

The court heard the traumatised victim’s ordeal began when she went to Rusholme to meet a man for the first time, having swapped texts with him on Blackberry Messenger.

The man led her to the Victoria Park Hotel, where he and a number of other young men from south Manchester had hired rooms to celebrate Eid.

They had stayed at the hotel past checking out time, and were evading the porter by running along the corridor trying unlocked doors and hiding in rooms.

The girl joined in what she thought was a game - and ended up being pounced on in a bathroom of room 38.

The trio who have been caught - Osman, of Bowdon Avenue, Fallowfield; Ahmed, of Bexington Road, Whalley Range; and Yussuf, of Ravensoak Avenue, Levenshulme - have shown no remorse since they were found guilty at a trial last year.

Yussuf gestured at the public gallery defiantly as he was sent down, Ahmed sought to smear his victim’s character in graphic terms when interviewed by a probation officer, and Osman’s barrister, Michael Goldwater, described them as ‘overheated’ and ‘immature’ men who ‘got carried away’ after the victim made ‘the decision to place herself in that position’.

Sentencing Yussuf to ten years behind bars for rape, Osman, who was also found guilty of an unconnected robbery to 12 years, and Ahmed to nine, Judge David Hernandez criticised the group’s attitudes to women and lack of remorse for their innocent victim.

Sending them down, the judge said: “You all saw her as easy prey. She was a naive and sexually inexperienced, vulnerable young girl. When you and your group of friends were all running around in that hotel, she probably saw this as innocent, childish fun.

“But it all turned sinister when you got her into the bathroom of room 38. You just assumed that you each could do with her as you chose.”

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Cousin of Chorlton terror twins set up ISIS communications hub at his mum's Fallowfield home

February 18, 2016, 1:22 pm

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A cousin of two sisters who were dubbed the “teenage terror twins” after they joined Islamic State is facing jail after he created a ‘hub of communication’ in Manchester to help people go to Syria and fight jihad.

From his mother’s home in Fallowfield , A-level student Abdullahi Ahmed Jama Farah, 20, created a “hub of communication” for his “Mandem” group of like-minded extremists.

Following a trial at the Old Bailey he was found guilty of preparing for terrorist acts by helping Nur Hassan, 19, from Whalley Range , achieve his aim of travelling to Syria to fight.

It can now be reported that Jama Farah is related to the so-called “terror twins”, Zahra and Salma Halane, who at the age of 16 left their home in Chorlton in Manchester in June 2014 and are believed to have married ISIS fighters .

Prosecutor Gareth Patterson had told jurors it was clear that Jama Farah supported ISIS from what was found on his computers as well as messages on WhatsApp and social media.

Mr Patterson said he performed an “important role as the hub of communication” in the UK.

Jama Farah, who is Danish and of Somali origin, was in communication with four other friends abroad, two of whom are believed to have been killed and another badly injured in fighting.

The US-led coalition launch an airstrike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border

His cousin Ahmed Ibrahim Halane, known as Pie and is the brother of the ‘terror twins’, went to Somalia in September 2013, where he is thought to have joined the terrorist group Al-Shabaab.

Halane, who grew up in Bolton and Chorlton , is currently in Copenhagen, banned from returning to the UK.

Close friends Raphael Hostey, a university student from Manchester; Mohammed Javeed, from Levenshulme and Khalil Raoufi, from Didsbury, headed from north west England to Syria on October 6, 2013, to join IS, the court heard.

Raoufi and Hostey went on to encourage others from England and around the world to swell their ranks in postings on Twitter.

Raoufi, also known as Abu Layth, was killed in combat in February 2014 and Hostey, or Al Qaqa, was shot in the foot.

Javeed, nicknamed Prinny, ended up in Iraq, where it emerged during the trial, he blew himself up in a suicide attack.

During his evidence, the defendant confirmed that when he twice discussed with his friends “doing a Prinny”, that was what they were referring to.

Mohammed Javeed’s brother, the science teacher Jamshed Javeed, also planned to join ISIS but was arrested in Britain before he could get there.

When Jama Farah was arrested on March 11, 2014, he told police that he knew them all through his cousin Halane, who was ‘emir’, or leader, of their group of close friends.

Picture posted on Twitter by Zahra Halane of ‘self-defence’ training in Syria

A snapshot of life under Islamic State was revealed in photographs Raoufi sent to the defendant via WhatsApp and Twitter in and around Al-Ittihad university near the Syrian city of Raqqah, which had been turned into a training camp with a stash of weaponry.

One of the images appeared to show a joke equation on the ‘square root of jihad’ written on a university white board with “well done” written on it.

Amid the friends posing together was Ifthekar Jaman, from Portsmouth, who was also killed in fighting.

Jurors were shown a YouTube clip by Raoufi of an interview with Hostey in a Syrian hospital after he was shot in the foot in January 2014.

Jama Farah, of South Grove, Fallowfield, denied wrongdoing.

He was cast by his defence as an over-excited teenager sitting in his bedroom at home on his computer in contact with his friends and passing on phone numbers, concerned for their welfare.

However, the jury convicted him of facilitating Hassan’s travel to Syria and for his communication with Raoufi.

Judge Michael Topolski told the defendant he would be sentenced at a later date.

He said: “You must be in no doubt there can only be one sentence from this court - at the end of this process - that is a term of imprisonment. You have been convicted of serious terrorist-related crimes, be in no doubt that will be the sentence of the court.”

Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Mole, head of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit said: “Jama was very much a key part of the communication between this group of friends who had gone abroad with the intention of committing acts of terrorism.

“By regularly providing them with new contact details and updates on each other he supported their efforts to evade authorities and continue their extremist lifestyles.

“Although he may not have been there committing these acts himself, his actions helped facilitate what they were doing and I hope his conviction will send a message to all those who are even considering offering a helping hand to terrorists.”

Any suspicious activity or behaviour can be reported to police via the confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline by calling 0800 789 321. Extremist or terrorist content online can be reported at www.gov.uk/report-terrorism

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Care worker who sexually assaulted a terminally ill cancer patient while giving her a bath is jailed for two-and-a-half years

February 18, 2016, 2:06 pm

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Aleem Dass took advantage of the woman as she lay helplessly on a bed
He washed her with a flannel before touching her genitals inappropriately
Dass denied the crime but he was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court
Sentencing, Judge Stuart Rafferty said his behaviour was 'unforgivable'

Jailed: Care worker Aleem Dass, pictured, was convicted of sexually assaulting a cancer patient

A care worker who sexually assaulted a 'defenceless' cancer patient while giving her a bath has been jailed for two and a half years.

Sick Aleem Dass, 46, took advantage of the woman as she lay helplessly on a bed in a Nottinghamshire nursing home.

He denied sexual assault but was convicted by a jury after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

Sentencing him, Judge Stuart Rafferty said: 'On clear evidence the jury has convicted you of sexually assaulting an utterly defenceless woman.

'I have no doubt that you thought that she suffered from dementia and because of that you were prepared to take the risk that you took; you being able to sexually assault her in a nursing home when people were close by.

'It would be nice to think that offences like that never happen but, sadly, they do, and people who do commit them can only receive one punishment.

'Why? Because people are entitled to be protected.

She could not move, she closed her eyes, which you probably took as a fortunate development.

'You touched her in a wholly inappropriate way. But what you did in itself was bad enough. It wasn't just bad, it was unforgivable.

'She was a patient. She was in your care. People were paying you money to care for people like her.

She was vulnerable, she was afraid and wholly defenceless for those moments.'

The court heard how Dass assaulted the victim, who is in her 40s, when he went in to her room to clean her after she pushed a buzzer for help.

He asked if she wanted a bed bath and then removed her T-shirt leaving her lying half-naked on the bed.

The twisted carer then began washing her with a flannel and moved to her genitals where he sexually assaulted her.

The victim, who has advanced cancer, told police she then opened her eyes and thought Dass was trying to kiss her.

Dass was caught when the woman told one of his colleagues, he was then reported to the care home manager who called police.

The court heard how the agency worker had turned up for work on the day of the assault acting 'strangely'.

Prosecutor Jonathan Dee said he 'inappropriately' asked a co-worker out for a drink before he sexually assaulted the cancer patient.

He added: 'To those who don't know her (the victim), she gives the appearance of having dementia.'

Mr Dee said the victim was completely naked from the waist down when the incident took place.

He added: 'Two things were wrong about this.

'A. It was very quick. B. He should not have been doing it in the first place.'

The victim, who cannot be identified, told police what happened when Dass, who she didn't know, was alone with her in the room.

Dass gave a variety of accounts afterwards and claimed he 'only touched her face' as well as saying a colleague was in the room at all times.

Matthew Smith, defending, said Dass had worked in the care industry for some time without complaint and had never been in trouble before.

He added: 'On the complainant's own account, this was a short-lived, isolated incident, lasting about a minute.'

Dass, who showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was delivered, will also be barred from working with infirm people again.

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Muslim mother 'abandoned her husband to take her four children aged five to 13 with her in bid to get to Syria'

February 18, 2016, 3:02 pm

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Zahera Tariq disappeared last summer with her daughter and three sons
33-year-old was arrested at border crossing point in Turkey on August 29
She had travelled through Amsterdam and bought tickets the day before
Husband Mahmood claims he came home from work to find them missing
Tariq, from Walthamstow, denies four counts of abducting a child under 16

Zahera Tariq disappeared last summer with her daughter and three sons, sparking an international manhunt. She denies four counts of abducting a child under 16

A mother abandoned her husband and fled the country with her four children aged between five and 13 in a bid to reach war-ravaged Syria, a court heard today.

Zahera Tariq disappeared last summer with her daughter and three sons, sparking an international manhunt.

The 33-year-old travelled from London City Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol on August 25. The family then travelled on to Istanbul, it was claimed.

Tariq was eventually arrested on August 29 in Kilis, one of the two crossing points from Turkey into Syria.

She stayed in contact with one of her four sisters, Aisha Tariq, and her sister's husband Siddartha Dhar, jurors heard.

Tariq's husband, named only as Mahmood, was completely unaware his wife’s plans and had not given permission for her to take the children, Southwark Crown Court heard.

Two of the boys also suffered from an eye condition called Keratoconus, for which they were being treated by Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Mukal Chawla, prosecuting, said: ‘One parent cannot simply take a child or children abroad without the consent of the other parent.

‘To do so without the consent of the other parent amounts to the offence of child abduction and that’s what this defendant is charged with.’

Tariq, of Walthamstow, east London, and her husband were married in Pakistan in 2000, and he joined her in the UK in 2001.

He returned to his home in Walthamstow from his job at a dry cleaners in Edmonton on August 25 to find his home empty.

He was described as a ‘straightforward man of no sophistication’ who was unable to tell police the exact ages of his children.

He was not initially worried, as he believed his family may be at her mother’s house or with one of her sisters.

But when she had not returned by 10pm, he called her mobile and the call went straight through to voicemail.

Mr Chawla said: ‘When they hadn’t returned home later that night he called his wife’s aunt and one of the defendant’s sisters.

‘He discovered that his wife and children were not at either of those relatives’ homes.

‘The aunt asked him to check if the passports and his wife’s jewellery, and he discovered that they were gone.

Tariq had not, however, taken the Pakistan ID cards that would have allowed her to enter Pakistan without a visa.

Mr Chawla continued: ‘The defendant’s father came over to his house and they decided that they should call the police.

‘You will hear that just as they had decided this, the defendant’s aunt with at least one of the defendant’s sisters arrived.

‘At least one or more of the relatives persuaded him not to call the police, saying that his wife may have gone to Syria because that’s where her sister was.'

The family decided to go to Tariq’s aunt’s house in case she telephoned there. They waited up all night but did not receive a call which never came.

Eventually, Mahmood rang his brother who reassured him that he had done nothing wrong and that he should call the police.

Mr Chawla said: ‘His brother will tell you that his brother was upset and crying on the phone, and consequently he arrived very soon thereafter.

‘You may think this is not the reaction of someone who knew his wife was taking their four children abroad.'

The court also heard how Tariq bought five return tickets to Amsterdam from a local travel agent the day before leaving the UK and activated a new, pay-as-you go mobile phone.

She then left from one of her sister’s addresses in Walthamstow and travelled via taxi to London City Airport.

Mr Chawla added: ‘It is clear that [her sister] knew that the defendant was going away with the children, even though the defendant’s husband had been left in the dark.’

Upon arrival at Amsterdam Schiphol, she bought five single tickets to Istanbul, which she paid for in cash, the court heard.

When they reached Turkey, they spent the night in the Adana Saray Hotel in Adana before making their way to Kelis, it was said.

Mahmood did not receive a call from his wife until August 30 after her arrest by the Turkish authorities.

Upon the family’s repatriation to the UK, Tariq was initially held at Luton airport. She answered ‘no comment’ to all questions put to her by police.

The court later heard Mahmood explicitly say he had not given permission for his wife to take the children to Turkey.

He insisted he had no idea they were leaving or where they had gone and said he had recently spent a 'happy' couple of weeks at home, in which his wife did not mention anything.

Mahmood said he knew his wife’s sister Aisha was in Syria but was not aware if the two women were in touch.

The prosecution need to prove only that the defendant took these children abroad, not what her motivation was, and you may hear some evidence about that in due course

Mukal Chawla

He told the court he was paid £676 monthly but his wife received between £1,100 and £1,200 monthly in benefits, including child benefit.

Peter Carter, defending, said Tariq had told Mahmood she was going to try and persuade her sister to return home.

He added: ‘She said she had tried to persuade her on the telephone but Aisha wanted to stay in Syria.

‘Therefore you, your wife and your children were going to go to Turkey to try and persuade Aisha to cross the border into Turkey and come home.

‘This was going to have to take place in the school holidays so the kids didn’t miss out on any education.’ Mahmood denied this suggestion.

Mr Carter continued: ‘By August 24 you were back at work and your wife said now you are back at work you are able to travel, so we can all - meaning you, her and the children - can travel to Turkey to rescue Aisha.’

But Mahmood again denied any knowledge his wife had gone to the travel agent and said he had not seen her packing.

He also revealed he did not want to live with his wife following the incident and said he was scared, which is why he did not initially tell police.

Mr Chawla told the jury: ‘The issue is simply that she took the children out of the UK without the consent of her husband.

‘If you consider that she did, she’s guilty, if you consider that she didn’t, she’s not guilty.

‘If Mr Mahmood knew that his wife and family were travelling abroad to Turkey or anywhere else, why did it become necessary to call the police to report them missing?

‘In addition, you may think that his reaction as witnessed by his brother and his father-in-law speaks volumes about the defendant’s decision to take her children suddenly and without warning out of the UK.’

He added: ‘The prosecution need to prove only that the defendant took these children abroad, not what her motivation was, and you may hear some evidence about that in due course.

‘If the defendant took the children abroad without the consent of her husband, she’s guilty.’

Tariq denies four counts of abduction of a child under 16.

The trial continues.

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BBC 'planning to build mosque on new £15m EastEnders set as show aims to be as authentic as East London'

February 23, 2016, 11:13 am

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BBC EastEnders set in North London is being knocked down and replaced
The new multi-million pound set will show a more 'authentic' East London
Plans reportedly include the construction of a mosque near Albert Square
There will also be a new Tube station, high street and new businesses

From the Queen Vic to the cafe, millions of EastEnders viewers have become as familiar with the buildings on Albert Square as those outside their own front doors.

But there will be some major changes to the community when the 30-year-old set at Elstree Studios in North London, is demolished and a new multi-million pound one built in its place.

A mosque will reportedly be among a number of new buildings introduced as producers push for a more 'authentic' version of East London than the one currently seen on screen.

According to the Sun, the mosque will be built on a street near to Albert Square and will serve as a 'prominent' place of worship. It will also be the set's first religious building.

The construction of the mosque raises the possibility that more Muslim characters might be moving on to the square.

A source also told the newspaper there were discussions around the possibility of a central character being radicalised by Muslim fanatics. The claim was denied by a show spokeswoman.

The BBC hopes the changes will mean that the set, which will be made 20 per cent bigger and will reportedly cost £15million, will provide more opportunities for storylines.

EastEnders fans will see a new revamped version of the set which will include the Queen Vic, laundrette and cafe.

Documents indicate other changes will include a new Tube station, a high street and new shops and businesses.

The exterior of character homes, which are filmed using temporary facades, will also be replaced with buildings made from real brick in an effort to keep up with the demands of high-definition TV.

EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins previously said the new set 'demonstrates the BBC's commitment to the future of EastEnders.

'We have ambitious plans for the show and the new exterior set will help bring those to life and better reflect the East End of London on screen for audiences,' he said.

In response to the mosque claims, a BBC spokeswoman said: 'The new locations for the exterior set build are still to be decided.

'However, as announced previously, the new set will better reflect the East End of London on screen as well as increase the potential for storylines.'

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UK pupils ordered to “convert to Islam” for homework assignment

February 23, 2016, 11:16 am

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CHILDREN were told to write to their parents explaining why they had converted to Islam as part of a bizarre homework assignment.

Year 8 Pupils at Les Beaucamp High School in Guernsey were asked to explain to their parents “how becoming a pupil has changed your life [and] how much you love your family and hope they can accept your choice”.

Teacher Amber Stables told pupils: “Focus: How would it make you feel having to tell your parents this? How would/could they react?”

Ms Stables added a disclaimer that the homework is a piece of creative writing and fictional.

She said: “You are not actually converting to Islam.”

“It is purely to test your knowledge of what we have learnt this year and how well you can argue objectively!!!!”

Ms Stables added a disclaimer that the homework is a piece of creative writing and fictional.

She said: “YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY CONVERTING TO ISLAM.

“It is purely to test your knowledge of what we have learnt this year and how well you can argue objectively!!!!”

The news comes in the wake of the Trojan Horse plot last year which saw hard-line Islamists allegedly trying to take over a number of Birmingham schools and oust non-Muslim staff.

A similar incident in California last year sparked fury after pupils were asked to sing about spreading Islam.

Pupils were told to sing: “This is their fight / Spread Islam now / Prove they’re right.”…

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'ISIS fighters are the One Direction of Islam':

February 23, 2016, 12:30 pm

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British comedian claims ISIS brides are nothing but rebellious teens

Shazia Mirza says it's sexualisation, not radicalisation, for ISIS brides

To many teen Muslims, ISIS are 'the One Direction of Islam', she says

Says runaway brides want 'no-guilt halal sex of which Allah approves'

Speaking out: Shazia Mirza claims the British ISIS brides are less driven by love for Islam, and more by wanting to 'run away with an unsuitable boy'

A British Muslim comedian claims the teenage girls who leave Western countries to become ISIS jihadi brides in Syria do it because they are 'suckers for bad boys'.

Shazia Mirza, claims it's not about the young women becoming radicalised, but classic teenage rebellion of wanting to 'run away with an unsuitable boy.

Mirza, 40, who was brought up in devout family in Birmingham, says that while ISIS fighters are barbaric murderers, to many teenage Muslims they are 'the One Direction of Islam'.

Mirza, a former teacher turned comedian, is touching a raw nerve in her new show 'The Kardashians Made Me Do It', which asks why so many young Western Muslim girls choose to run away to join the Islamic State group.

Speaking ahead of a gig in Paris, just down the street from one of the bars targeted by gunmen in November's jihadist attacks that left 130 dead, she said: 'Yes, they (IS fighters) may be barbaric... murderous psychopaths...

'But they are hairy, macho, they have guns and they're exciting... and that presses a lot of girls' buttons.'

The West has got it all wrong on jihadi brides, she insisted. 'This is not about radicalisation, it's sexualisation.

But for 'the repressed, rebellious horny teenage Muslim girls' that fall for them, she claimed, this reality is lost in the fantasy world built around their longing for romance and adventure.

Mirza argued that for them IS fighters are a bad boy fantasy - 'the One Direction of Islam', pin-ups who promise 'no-guilt halal sex of which Allah approves'.

Mirza, who comes from a devout Pakistani family and was raised in Britain, knows more than most about where these teenagers are coming from.

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Teenage migrant who dragged 14-year-old Austrian schoolgirl from toilet cubicle and GANG RAPED her with five friends in revenge for being dumped has now set up home in Britain

February 23, 2016, 1:34 pm

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Six boys have been accused of gang-raping a girl, 14, in a school canteen
Allegedly dragged her screaming out of the toilets and stripped her naked
One of the suspects, who was released on bail, has travelled to the UK
12 others are being investigated over claims they did not stop the attack

A teenager accused of gang-raping a 14-year-old girl with his school friends in Austria has moved to the UK, prosecutors say.

The unidentified boy is one of six youngsters apparently from migrant families who terrorised the girl at the school in Graz - Austria's second largest city - for months and reportedly raped her at least four times.

On one occasion, the schoolboys allegedly dragged their terrified victim out of the girls' toilets, stripped her naked and raped her in the canteen.

The attack is said to have taken place in May last year when the girl locked herself in a toilet after being mobbed by the boys, who were aged between 15 and 16, in the playground.

To her horror, they then forced themselves inside and dragged the then 14-year-old out, it is alleged.

The traumatised schoolgirl told prosecutors she was screaming for help, and although other pupils witnessed the boys chasing her and forcing their way into the toilet, no one intervened.

The teenagers are accused of then dragging the schoolgirl into the school canteen where she was stripped naked and gang raped.

Witnesses told police the girl's screams could be heard 'throughout the whole school', and that they were stunned when teachers did nothing. And when she turned up late for class, she was reprimanded, it is claimed.

The rape was revenge for the girl dumping one of the boys, Austrian media has reported.

The school director has denied knowing anything about the attack, explaining: 'I only know about an incident in which the girl was in the class by the boys who had barricaded the door in order to keep her inside.

'The teacher managed to force the door open and helped the schoolgirl. I spoke to the school inspectorate about the incident, and then with the police.'

He added: 'I have almost 200 school kids here who are perfectly respectable, but what these boys allegedly did is simply unbelievable.'

Graz prosecutor Hansjoerg Bacher told MailOnline that all six boys are from migrant families.

He said the boys were being investigated for four alleged rapes - one of which is said to have happened in the school medical room.

Prosecutors are now investigating 18 people because it is suspected others, including pupils and a teacher, did nothing to stop the attack.

They are being investigated for possible charges of failing to assist in the prevention of crime.

Bacher said the female Austrian teacher had been questioned and was under suspicion of either knowing about the attack and not doing anything, or acting too late.

The girl only came forward with her story months after the alleged attacks after she moved to a new school and confided in a teacher.

All six boys were released on bail and one of them has travelled to the UK.

Bacher confirmed: 'We have not interviewed him because he is in England.

We are in contact with his parents but we do not know when he will be returning.'

'We are in contact with the family defence lawyer.

The boy is in England with his parents. He moved after the case became public although it is not believed that the move was connected with the allegations.

'It was already planned family move. We do not know when it will be possible to interview the boy about the allegations and at the moment he has not been interviewed.'

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Muslim school fails Ofsted inspection after investigators find books in its library promoting death by STONING

February 23, 2016, 2:39 pm

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Texts promoting inequality of women and illegal punishment were found
Unannounced inspection was of Jamiatul Ummah School in East London
Books found at £3,400-a-year school also undermined rule of British law
School insists it has removed texts and is carrying out audit on materials

A Muslim school has failed an Ofsted inspection after investigators found extreme books in its library promoting stoning to death.

The watchdog’s inspectors said they discovered three texts promoting inequality of women and illegal punishment during a ‘brief visit’ to Jamiatul Ummah School in Tower Hamlets, East London.

The books found at the all-boys private secondary school - which has annual fees of£3,400 - also undermined the rule of British law, according to inspectors in a report published two weeks ago.

Fail: Ofsted inspectors said they discovered three texts promoting inequality of women and illegal punishment during a ‘brief visit’ to Jamiatul Ummah School (pictured) in Tower Hamlets, East London

The school, which insists it ‘condemns all forms of extremism unequivocally’, said it has removed the texts following the inspection and is carrying out an audit on the rest of its materials.

The report said: ‘The concern is that during a very brief tour of the library inspectors found three books that undermine the active promotion of the rule of British law and respect for other people.

‘The books promote inequality of women and punishments, including stoning to death, which are illegal in Britain and which do not reflect the school’s ethos of tolerance and integration.

‘Staff have not been sufficiently vigilant about the availability of inappropriate texts in the library or sufficiently aware of the potential for unwittingly promoting extreme views.’

Inspection: The books found at the all-boys private secondary school (above) - which has annual fees of £3,400 - also undermined the rule of British law, according to inspectors in a report published two weeks ago

Response: The school, which insists it ‘condemns all forms of extremism unequivocally’, said it has removed the texts following the inspection and is carrying out an audit on the rest of its materials

The unannounced investigation at the school, which teaches 158 boys aged 11 to 16, was carried out on November 25, and is the third inspection Jamiatul Ummah has failed since October 2014.

DAMNING VERDICT ON SIX SCHOOLS

A series of damning reports on six London schools - including Jamiatul Ummah - where students were said to be 'vulnerable to extremists and radicalisation' was released in November 2014.

Inspectors said the curriculum at Jamiatul Ummah was too narrow, with too few chances to promote personal, social and health education, citizenship or careers.

There was a good range of opportunities for students to study and practise their Islamic faith, the report said.

But it added: 'In other respects students are not provided with a broad and balanced curriculum. Students do not have opportunities to learn about music or art [or] design and technology.'

Ofsted warned it was failing to comply with legal requirements for making checks on staff, putting students' safety at risk.

Despite these concerns, inspectors did find that students said they felt safe in the school and bullying was rare. It added that pupils' behaviour was good, and that youngsters were pleasant and polite.

In response, the school said it was 'profoundly disappointed' by the report, and it was committed to improvement.

The library has been locked since July 2015 but inspectors said students previously had access to the books.

In response, a school spokesman said: ‘Our position in respect to extremism is very clear, we condemn all forms of extremism unequivocally and this is recognised by Ofsted.

‘We recognise the concerns raised by Ofsted in respect of three books in the library, however, as Ofsted rightly noted, the library is locked and current students have no access to it.

‘Ofsted also recognised that the content of these books, “do not reflect the schools ethos of tolerance and integration”.

‘Nevertheless, we are taking steps, and are at present auditing all materials in the library and those available within the school.’

A previous Ofsted inspection in October 2014 found the 'curriculum was too narrow', the 'assessment framework was not systematic or effective across all subjects' and 'students did not develop a broad knowledge of cultures and faiths other than their own'.

Then in January 2015 another report by the watchdog said that 'concerns about students’ welfare have not been recorded systematically or thoroughly', 'the school’s behaviour policy has not been implemented effectively' and 'the science room poses risks to the welfare, health and safety of students, staff and visitors'.

The school was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted in January 2011 and 'satisfactory' in September 2004.

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Teacher at Trojan Horse school who said Islam was the 'true religion' and Christians and Jews were ignorant is found guilty of misconduct

February 23, 2016, 3:46 pm

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Wakass Haruf made the comments during a Friday playground sermon
Birmingham maths teacher could be banned from the classroom for life
Cleared of accusations that he made pupils pray instead of playing football
Second Trojan Horse school scandal teacher banned for five years

A former teacher at two Birmingham schools linked to the Trojan Horse scandal could face a lifetime ban from the classroom after he told pupils that Christians and Jews were 'ignorant' and Muslims have 'the true religion'.

Wakass Haruf, 30, was found guilty of 'professional misconduct' for making the 'inappropriate' comments during a playground sermon to mark Islamic Friday prayers in June 2013.

A panel said that while Mr Haruf's comments to pupils during the sermon were 'isolated utterances', they breached teaching standards that rule teachers should 'not undermine British values and should promote tolerance of all faiths'.

Sermon: Wakass Haruf, 30, was found guilty of 'professional misconduct' by a panel for telling pupils Muslims have the true religion, while Christians and Jews are 'ignorant' during a Friday sermon

In a witness statement, another teacher at the school said he saw Mr Haruf making offensive remarks during prayer sessions.

He claimed that he told pupils: 'We (Muslims) have the true religion, not like those ignorant Christians and ignorant Jews.'

However, describing Mr Haruf as a 'credible and truthful' witness the panel cleared him of allegations that he stopped pupils from playing football to make them pray instead and telling children they were worse than a 'kaffir' - a non-believer - if they chose sport over worship.

He is just one of 13 teachers from four Birmingham schools linked to the so-called Trojan Horse plot accused of professional misconduct by the National College for Teaching & Leadership.

The alleged plot allegedly involves a group of hardline Muslims attempting to Islamise non-faith schools.

Denial: Maths teacher Wakass Haruf said he was shocked to be among 13 teachers from Birmingham schools being disciplined over their teaching

Previously,The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) heard that Mr Haruf - a Sunni Muslim - clashed with the school's head of maths Homa Memari, who is a Shia Muslim.

NCTL legal representative Kate Bex told the hearing in November: 'In June 2013, Mr Haruf made comments in a Friday prayer session that were sectarian in nature.

'Frank Bruce, a teacher at Golden Hillock School, heard him emphasise several times how important Abu Bakr is, while directing his attention to Ms Memari.

'Historically, Shia Muslims follow one leader after the Prophet, Ali, and not other leaders such as Abu Bakr who is important only to Sunni Muslims and not to Shia Muslims.

'Such a sermon should have focused on figures that are not divisive, for example Allah or Muhammed.

'Mr Bruce spoke to Ms Memari afterwards and she was visibly upset and said she would not attend Friday prayer sermons in future.

'Mr Bruce heard Mr Haruf telling pupils 'you can't even pray if you don't believe in Abu Bakr'.'

The ruling comes as the former headmaster of another Birmingham school linked to the Trojan Horse scandal was banned from teaching for ‘misconduct of a serious nature’.

Jahangir Akbar, was found to have decreased the diversity of religious education for pupils - aged seven to 11 - having banned the school from holding Christmas performances or putting up a Christmas tree ‘in order to have more time to focus on teaching and learning’.

While Wakass Haruf's teaching fate is yet to be decided, Jahangir Akbar could be allowed back into the classroom in as little as five years.

The panel cleared Haruf of a number of additional allegations - including claims he was part of an agreement with like-minded teachers, governors and parents to allow an undue amount of religious influence on the education of pupils at Park View and Golden Hillock.

Jahangir Akbar, 38, was acting head of Oldknow Academy in Small Heath, Birmingham, when it was caught up in the Trojan Horse claims of a takeover by groups promoting a hard-line Muslim agenda. He has now been banned from teaching for five years

Mr Haruf was part of a What's App messaging group called the Park View Brotherhood, which saw teachers sharing 'offensive' views including claims the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby was a hoax, the panel heard.

However the ruled that while his messages about the soldier were 'ill-advised and inappropriate', they were 'limited'.

Mr Bompas described Mr Haruf as a 'hugely enthusiastic' teacher who should have been given more support from senior leaders and took on extra responsibility, such as prayers, when he 'should have declined'.

He added: 'The panel formed a largely favourable impression of Mr Haruf and found that he was an outstanding maths teacher who was well-liked by staff and students.'

Mr Haruf was also cleared of encouraging pupils to pray at Park View by broadcasting calls to prayer over a tannoy, putting up posters and sending direct reminders to teachers and prefects.

He is set to be sanctioned at a later date by education secretary Nicky Morgan and could be banned from teaching indefinitely.

Park View, which was made subject to special measures by Ofsted in April 2014 following the emergence of the Trojan Horse allegations, was renamed Rockwood Academy in September and now has a new head teacher and governing body.

Last month Ofsted said it was on the right path to pull itself out of special measures.

Golden Hillock was taken over by another academy chain in September and is now Ark Boulton. It too has a new principal and governing body.

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White Muslim convert who was training to teach maths and 'planned to take her three young children to Syria' is guilty of not telling authorities her supply teacher husband had joined ISIS

February 24, 2016, 12:41 pm

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Lorna Moore was convicted after husband left the country in August 2014
Converted to Islam in 2002 after Protestant upbringing in Northern Ireland
33-year-old had been accused of wanting to travel to the Syrian war zone
Claimed in court her relationship was abusive and she tried to get divorce
Ayman Shaukat also found guilty of helping Moore's husband get to ISIS
Will be sentenced with Kerry Thomason, who assisted her own husband

Muslim convert Lorna Moore (pictured), who was training to teach maths, has been found guilty of not telling police her husband left to join ISIS after being accused of planning to take her three children to Syria

A Muslim convert who was training to teach maths has been found guilty of not telling police her husband left to join ISIS after being accused of planning to take her three children to Syria.

Lorna Moore was convicted after it emerged her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam, 34, left the country to try and join the terror group in August 2014.

The 33-year-old, who had a Protestant upbringing in Northern Ireland, had been one of a number of British Muslims from Walsall, West Midlands - including two pregnant women - accused of wanting to travel to the war zone.

She was found guilty of failing to tell authorities Aslam left to fight for ISIS today after a trial at the Old Bailey.

The court heard that at the time of Aslam's departure Moore, who met her husband at Manchester Metropolitan University, had taken the rest of the family on a Butlins holiday in Skegness.

She then booked flights to Palma, Majorca, and was due to travel in November last year. She also started to make plans to rent out her home.

The prosecution alleged the tickets were a plan to get her children - including one who was just 11 months old at the time - to Syria.

It was claimed her final destination was given away in a text from another Muslim convert's wife in Turkey, who said 'see you there'.

Julian Christopher, prosecuting, said of the message: ‘[This] suggests the journey that has been planned is not simply a two-week holiday to Majorca.

‘In fact, the plan was to take the children, via an innocuous-looking destination, to be reunited with their father.'

But Moore, who had recently enrolled on a £4,500 PGCE course, insisted she would 'never' put her children's lives in danger, adding: 'They mean the world to me.'

She claimed she had been planning to take them back to her family's Protestant farm in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after finishing her teacher training. Her mother backed up her claim.

She also told the court that her relationship with Aslam had ended after he became abusive and said they only lived together for the sake of the children, the court heard.

She said: ‘He would grab me by the hair and put my face in the toilet and say "does that look clean to you".

‘[He said] if it was not for him I would be a "Gori [offensive name for a white person] on a council estate with a can of Carling and a cigarette and with five kids by five different fathers".'

She added: ‘He was controlling, he always wanted to be in the lead, he would have made sure that this is mealtime he has his meal on time.’

The 33-year-old, pictured outside court at the beginning of the month, was convicted after a trial at the Old Bailey

Her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam (pictured), 34, left the country to join the terror group in August 2014

The 33-year-old, pictured outside court at the beginning of the month, was convicted after it emerged her supply teacher husband Sajid Aslam (right), 34, left the country to join the terror group in August 2014

Moore, who was said to have lived a 'typical student life' until converting in 2002, claimed when she turned to a Muslim cleric for a divorce, he told her that a 'white Muslim is not a special Muslim' and she must take her husband back.

She said Aslam should 'grow a pair' and come back to Britain and explain himself 'if he is innocent and got nothing to hide'.

Aslam's sister Sarwat told jurors her brother had been in touch with her during the course of the trial to say he wanted to 'start a dialogue with police about coming home'.

Meanwhile, Moore's co-defendant, Ayman Shaukat, 27, was also found guilty of helping Aslam and another Muslim convert, 22-year-old Alex Nash.

Jurors were also told about other members of the West Midlands group who allegedly set off for Syria between July and December 2014. Kerry Thomason (pictured) pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to assisting her husband, Isaiah Siadatan, to travel to Syria and engage in acts of terrorism

Shaukat, from Walsall, had denied helping his friends join IS by dropping Aslam and Nash off at airports.

The court heard the day after dropping Aslam off at the airport Shaukat sent a photograph of himself posing with the IS flag.

Aslam sent a triumphant coded message - a video link to a song called Made It by Cash Money Heroes - back to reveal he had made it to his destination.

Shaukat, who started a law degree at Manchester Metropolitan University after dropping out of a building course, described IS as 'evil' and said that he had told MI5 he would 'assist in any way I could' after agents contacted him as treasurer of the community group Islam Walsall.

He had several meetings and phone calls with security services before their association 'fizzled out', he said.

Jurors were also told about other members of the West Midlands group who allegedly set off for Syria between July and December 2014.

The first to join ISIS was Muslim convert, Jake Petty, 25, also known as Abu Yaqoob Britany.

His Christian minister mother Sue Boyce wept as she told jurors how she begged him not to go.

In a message sent on October 26 last year to his parents, twin brother Tom and two sisters, Petty insisted ‘we are not a load of backward, bloodthirsty terrorists’ and claimed ‘nobody has been brainwashed or tricked’.

His mother was later forced to identify his body from video footage on social media after he was killed in December 2014.

Petty was swiftly followed by former schoolmate Isaiah Siadatan, 24, whose pregnant wife Kerry Thomason, 24, was supposed to fly out with their two children but was stopped by police.

The court heard that he had sent her an email in December 2014 insisting that she should bring their children to him in ISIS. It read: ‘If you don’t bring my kids to the Islamic State I will send

someone to kill you and I will send someone to kill your mum and dad.

‘You have two weeks from today. Look I love you but if you think I will let you bring up my kids in a kafir country you’re mistaken.’

Siadatan is believed to have been killed in the summer of 2015, although his death is unconfirmed.

Thomason has previously pleaded guilty to assisting her husband in preparation of his terrorist acts.

Moore's co-defendant, Ayman Shaukat, 27, was also found guilty of helping Aslam and another Muslim convert, 22-year-old Alex Nash. Shaukat (pictured) took the above selfie after dropping Aslam at the airport

Shaukat (pictured) described IS as 'evil' and told the court he had told MI5 he would 'assist in any way I could'

Nash (pictured) admitted preparing acts of terrorism, while a charge against his wife was discontinued

Shaukat (left) described IS as 'evil' and told the court he had told MI5 he would 'assist in any way I could'. Nash (right) admitted preparing acts of terrorism, while a charge against his wife - who was allegedly the one to text Moore 'see you there' - was discontinued

Meanwhile, Nash, 22, and his pregnant wife Yousma Jan, 20, were arrested by Turkish authorities and sent back to the UK.

He took sole responsibility for the plan and admitted preparing acts of terrorism, while a charge against his wife was discontinued.

Prosecutor Mark Dawson had previously claimed Jan's 'aim was to give birth in the Islamic State not Walsall’.

Prosecutors also confirmed it was believed pregnancy was a ‘key driver’ in some of the women’s attempts to get to Syria

Speaking after the verdict, West Midlands Police's Assistant Chief Constable Marcus Beale said the case showed that Moore was 'just as criminal and just as dangerous' as her husband.

He said: 'ISIS is a really dangerous organisation and the criminal courts will be interested in hearing those cases.

'Another important part of this case is where you have got people who have knowledge of travel and the intent when they get there who have not come forward, and that's committing a crime. If they are helping ISIS, then that's a danger to the UK.'

Moore, Shaukat and Nash will be sentenced alongside Thomason at a later date.

Judge Charles Wide granted Moore conditional bail out of 'concern' for her children but told her she should have 'no expectations raised'.

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Female carer offered her 'Hansel and Gretel house' to vulnerable young girls so they could be pimped out to violent Asian rape gang who 'owned' Rotherham

February 24, 2016, 12:53 pm

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Karen MacGregor duped council into believing she was a trustworthy carer
Gave home to vulnerable girls but prostituted them to violent paedophiles
Those included brothers Arshid, Basharat and Bannaras Hussain
Trio and their uncle Qurban Ali, 53, were today convicted of sex offences
Brothers guilty of raping and indecently assaulting a dozen white girls
MacGregor and Shelley Davies also found guilty for their roles in sex ring
Convictions are first in probe into child rackets operating in Rotherham

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Karen MacGregor, described in court as a 'mother figure', took in girls from children's homes purporting to give them a safe haven and support - only to then have them abused

A female carer who offered her 'Hansel and Gretal house' to vulnerable young girls in Rotherham made them repay her by prostituting them out to a violent family of paedophiles.

Brothers Arshid, 40, Basharat, 39, and Bannaras Hussain, 36, were today found guilty of carrying out a catalogue of sickening sexual offences in the first case following revelations of mass grooming in the south Yorkshire town.

They were given access to their victims by local women Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40.

MacGregor, described in court as a 'mother figure', took in girls - all of whom were white - from children's homes, purporting to give them a safe haven and support.

But she allowed them to be abused and kept captive, telling them they needed to 'earn their keep' by having sex with a succession of visiting men.

She even set up a support group - KinKids - for family members looking after children whose parents could no longer cope.

With the women's help, the Hussain brothers - known as Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - were able to rape multiple girls, many of whom were also indecently assaulted.

The group targeted 15 vulnerable girls, one aged only 11, and forced them to perform horrific sex acts over a sixteen year period. All five now face jail.

The convictions are the first following investigations into allegations of sex abuse in Rotherham.

Over the course of the two month trial - and with its conclusion today - it was revealed:

How MacGregor used her status as a trusted foster parent to lure vulnerable girls into her care only to pimp them out to men often double their age who hung around her home
That she ran a support network for carers who had taken on the care of children for family members who could no longer cope
The Hussain brothers were violent, gun wielding thugs who believed that they 'owned' Rotherham
As many as 15 teenage girls were targeted by the ring, with at least 12 sexually abused
There are more than 190 allegations about the conduct of officers relating to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham currently being examined by the police watchdog. It follows claims
made during the trial that police knew what was happening but failed to act
Victim considered the trial 'one of the hardest things' she had ever had to go through
Police believe without the women - most of whom are now in their 30s - it would have been impossible to convict anyone for their roles in the heinous crimes.

Arshid and Basharat Hussain were found guilty of dozens of attacks between them.

Bannaras Hussain admitted ten charges - including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm - at the beginning of the trial.

The brothers' uncle, Qurban Ali, 53, appeared alongside them in court. He too was found guilty of conspiracy to rape.

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Brothers Arshid (left), 40, and Basharat Hussain (middle), 39, committed multiple rapes and indecent assaults on teenagers in the South Yorkshire town. Their younger brother, Bannaras Hussain (right), 36, admitted ten charges - including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm

MacGregor and Davies were found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment.

Two other men, Majid Bostan, 37 and Sajid Bostan, 38, also brothers, were cleared of all charges.

In a trial that lasted two months, Sheffield Crown Court heard how teenage girls in the town were repeatedly raped and beaten by men who passed them around and forced some to work as prostitutes.

A jury of six women and six men deliberated on a total of 51 counts, involving 12 alleged victims, from Wednesday last week.

Their verdicts were announced this morning.

During the trial the court heard women describe how they were were targeted in their young teens and subjected to brutal treatment as they were passed around men who raped and beat them.

Some described how they were trafficked, locked up, physically assaulted and threatened with death.

Several of the 15 victims watched today's verdicts from the public gallery, overlooking the packed court, holding hands with each other.

Arshid Hussain, who claims to be paraplegic, appeared from his bed at home via video link looking as if he was asleep.

The Hussain brothers' uncle, Qurban Ali, 53, was also found guilty of conspiracy to rape

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Shelley Davies, 40, was found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment

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The Hussain brothers' uncle, Qurban Ali 53, was also found guilty of conspiracy to rape. Shelley Davies, 40, was found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment

His brother Basharat was surrounded by prison officers in the dock. He was taken away with MacGregor and Davies after the verdict was announced.

Judge Sarah Wright said they will be sentenced on Friday.

The convictions of the Hussain brothers and their associates is the first successful prosecution of a grooming gang in Rotherham since the child sexual exploitation scandal engulfed the town 18 months ago.

Rotherham became a byword for the exploitation of teenage girls and the failure of police and social workers to stop it happening with the publication of the Jay Report in August 2014.

Professor Alexis Jay said she had found 'utterly appalling' examples of 'children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally-violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone'.

Professor Jay's report shocked the nation partly due to the scale of exploitation it described, finding that at least 1,400 children had been raped, trafficked and groomed in the town over a 16-year period.

But its impact was so far reaching because it also laid bare the extend to which police and council officials failed to act on what they knew, and explicitly questioned whether this neglect was related to the perpetrators largely being adult men of a Pakistani heritage

Although the Jay Report resulted in the Rotherham exploitation becoming a national scandal, it was the previous major prosecution of a grooming gang in the town that kick-started this process.

In 2010, five men - Umar Razaq, Razwan Razaq, Zafran Ramzan, Adil Hussain, Mohsin Khan - were found guilty of a string of sex offences against girls aged between 12 and 16.

This case provoked some media attention but did not gain nationwide coverage.

But it was followed by a growing number of prosecutions of a similar nature around the UK, including in Derby, Oxford and Rochdale.

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Arshid Hussain (pictured) raped his young victims and subjected them to a catalogue of indecent assaults

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Hussain, who claims to be paraplegic, appeared from his bed at home via video link looking as if he was asleep

Times reporter Andrew Norfolk exposed a pattern of mainly white teenage girls being groomed by gangs of adult men of a Pakistani heritage.

When Mr Norfolk began to disclose in detail the stories of girls who had been exploited in Rotherham, it started a chain of events that led to Rotherham Council asking Professor Jay to look into what was happening.

Waves of criticism followed, aimed mainly at Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police.

Resignations included the leader and chief executive of the council as well as its director of children's services.

The most high-profile casualty was South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright, who was the councillor in charge of Rotherham's children's services between 2005 and 2010.

Professor Alexis Jay (pictured) found 'utterly appalling' examples of abuse in her investigation into Rotherham child sex rings

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Professor Alexis Jay found 'utterly appalling' examples of abuse in her investigation into Rotherham child sex rings

A further review of Rotherham Council by the Government's Troubled Families chief, Louise Casey, heaped more criticism on an authority she labelled as 'not fit for purpose' and 'in denial'.

That led to the then communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles handing over its powers to a panel of appointed commissioners.

South Yorkshire Police says it now has a team of more than 60 officers working on child sexual exploitation (CSE).

Its joint operation with the council and Crown Prosecution Service - Operation Clover - has resulted in the current prosecution and others currently moving through the criminal justice system.

The National Crime Agency has also been brought in to investigate historical crimes and last year announced it was looking at 300 potential suspects.

The police and the NCA have said that successful prosecutions are the key to building trust with the survivors of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

But, also last year, David Greenwood, a lawyer who represents 58 women who were subjected to sexual abuse by gangs of men in Rotherham between 1996 and 2012, said he was aware of fewer than 100 victims who had come forward.

Lesley McLean, Manager for the independent charity Victim Support in Rotherham, today paid tribute to the woman who relived their horrific experiences in the dock.

She said: 'These convictions are testament to the bravery of the vulnerable girls who came forward to give evidence in court – this can be extremely stressful, especially in a high profile trial.

'As a charity which supported many of these victims through our Vulnerable Victims Programme, and thousands of victims of sexual assault every year, we know that this harrowing crime can have a long-lasting, devastating impact on people's lives. It's vital that victims are aware of the support available to them.'

VICTIM: TRIAL 'ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS EVER...BUT SO WORTH IT'

One victim of the Rotherham gang said going through with the investigation was one of the hardest things she had ever done - but concluded that it was 'so worth it'.

The woman hoped her experience would give others the resolve to come forward and put more child abusers behind bars.

She was just 14 when she was groomed and came to fear for her life at the hands of controlling and violent Arshid Hussain.

He preyed on the teenager after meeting her at a party in the late 1990s, and would wait for her outside school. Soon he was having sex with her, despite knowing her age and being a decade older.

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The woman hoped her experience would give others the resolve to come forward and put more child abusers behind bars

The victim, who cannot be identified but who is referred to as 'Jessica', said: 'It has been 16 years we have waited for this. It has not sunk in yet. This can give me some closure, for me my life starts now. It has been such a mess, I can finally move on.

'The investigation started two-and-a-half years ago and it has been one of the hardest things I have had to do, but it is so worth it. It's an emotional rollercoaster.

'I think a lot of people will come forward now, and think 'if they can get justice after nearly two decades, so can I'.'

Earlier, Jessica told the BBC: 'Very quickly he started being controlling. I wasn't allowed to do anything without his permission.

'He isolated me from friends and family and it became the only person in my world was him.

'He was very violent towards me. There were times when I thought he was going to kill me.'

The mother figure who pimped out girls she put up at her 'Hansel and Gretel house' had set up support group for troubled children that was on its way to charitable status when she was arrested

One of the women facing jail for her role in the sex ring was a foster parent who forced vulnerable young girls in her care to pleasure men double their age as a means of recompense.

Karen MacGregor offered what appeared to be a safe haven for helpless teenagers in Rotherham.

As a carer, the 58-year-old championed better rights for those who looked after children that were not their own.

She met with her local MP to discuss the issue, set up a support group, and was a trusted face with children's homes across South Yorkshire, from whom she adopted the abandoned teens.

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Karen MacGregor offered what appeared to be a safe haven for helpless teenagers in Rotherham but behind closed doors she was prostituting the terrified schoolgirls out to violent paedophiles

Yet behind closed doors she was prostituting the terrified schoolgirls out to violent paedophiles.

Described in court as a 'mother figure', MacGregor took in girls from children's homes, purporting to give them haven and support.

The jury heard how she lured the vulnerable girls to stay at her 'Hansel and Gretel' house in Rotherham, promising them safety and refuge.

But she allowed them to be abused and kept captive, telling them they needed to 'earn their keep' by having sex with a succession of visiting men.

By doing so, she paved the way for as many as 12 girls to suffer years of grotesque abuse.

With her help, the Hussain brothers - known as Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - were all able to rape and indecently assault multiple girls.

On the outside, however, she continued to appear as a force for local good, even years after her role in the child sex ring.

In 2014 she helped set up the Grimsby branch of Kinkids - a support group for family members looking after children whose parents could no longer cope.

It gathered the support of Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey - and was even due to be given charitable status when MacGregor was arrested last year.

Speaking in January 2015, she said: 'People need to realise we are saving councils thousands and thousands of pounds.

'I'm not saying we should get the same money as foster carers, but we need the same rights, support and access to social services.

'We don't get anything. I know people who have lost their homes and their relationships because they're a kin carer. Some look after several children.

'Some have to fight social services to keep the children to start off with.'

MailOnline have contacted Mr Healey for comment.

In a post on his website, he today said: 'It has taken 18 months since Alexis Jay exposed the extent of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, but some of the worst offenders have now been brought to justice.

'There is no doubt the police did not properly investigate allegations in the past and these were totally unacceptable failings, as I've said from the start. But through renewed investigations, more resources and thorough work South Yorkshire Police have secured major convictions today and I hope this case will be the first of many.

'There can be no hiding place for those who've committed these evil crimes – no matter how long ago.

'These convictions are a significant step forward in reassuring victims and in rebuilding public confidence that abusers will be brought to justice. I want to see more brought before the courts as quickly as possible.'

But incredibly the MP's website still contains a blog post from July 2014 in which Mr Healey backs MacGregor's campaign for carers to be provided better support.

It refers to how the pair worked together to promote the work of kinship carers - family members who step in when a parent can no longer cope with their child.

MacGregor even attended an event at Westminster.

Police watchdog now probing almost 200 allegations of officers 'ignoring' sex abuse claims

More than 190 allegations about the conduct of officers relating to child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are now being examined by the police watchdog following a trial peppered with familiar claims that agencies knew what was happening but failed to act.

Some of the women who took to the witness box recounted a now well-known story of how they were not believed or simply ignored.

One police officer was even named by a victim who said he was actually having sex with girls involved in the exploitation.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright, who was the councillor in charge of Rotherham's children's services between 2005 and 2010. He lost his job in the wake of the scandal

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Pc Hassan Ali was under investigation following complaints about his dealings with alleged child sexual exploitation victims when he died in a road accident last year

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South Yorkshire's former Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright lost his job in the wake of the scandal. Pc Hassan Ali was under investigation following complaints about his dealings with alleged child sexual exploitation victims when he died in a road accident last year

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) it is now involved in 55 ongoing investigations into 'allegations about how South Yorkshire Police dealt with child sexual exploitation in Rotherham'.

The commission said these cover a range of allegations, from a failure to act on reported child sexual exploitation to corruption.

POLICE CHIEF PRAISES VICTIMS

Authorities clamoured outside Sheffield Crown Court this afternoon to praise victims for their 'incredible bravery' in giving evidence.

Temporary detective chief inspector Martin Tait, from South Yorkshire Police, called the verdicts a 'crucial milestone for those victims and survivors who endured years of violence and horrific sexual abuse at the hands of these vile individuals'.

He said: 'They have shown incredible bravery reliving vicious traumatic events for the courts.

'For their courage and support of this investigation I am eternally thankful, and can't really express how pleased I am for them.

DCI Martin Tait (left) and Ian Thomas, Strategic Director Children and Young People's Services (right), speak outside court today

'I'm pleased that their voices have finally been heard, believed and that those responsible been publicly held to account for their crimes.'

Looking forward, he added: 'If victims of sexual abuse come to the police we will help then, we will support them, and do everything we can to put these criminals responsible in prison where they belong.'

Ian Thomas, strategic director, Children and Young People's Services, at Rotherham Council, made an impassioned plea for former and current victims of abuse to step forward.

He acknowledged that 'some justice has been served today, for the few' but said that there was much more to do.

He said: 'My message to them today is clear.

'If you have suffered abuse in the past, or indeed are suffering from abuse or exploitation now, step forward.

'I urge you - I implore you - to have confidence in a new Rotherham partnership today.'

The IPCC said it is undertaking 'ongoing research and analysis work' into more than 194 allegations made by 41 complainants to date - 92 of the allegations relate to police officers who have been identified, but 102 involve as yet unidentified officers.

It said 54 officers have been named so far - 26 of these have been advised they are the subject of an investigation that, if proven, would amount to misconduct ,and the remaining 28 are subject to ongoing assessment.

During the trial, one woman who spent three days describing how she was repeatedly abused and assaulted from the age of 11, told the jury how she told a detective called Kenneth Dawes about what happened but no action was taken.

She said: 'He used to have sex with girls and he used to take drugs from people and pass them on to Ash.'

The jury was told Pc Dawes was arrested last year and is currently under investigation.

Another police officer who was mentioned in the trial - Pc Hassan Ali - died last year following a collision on a road in Sheffield.

Pc Ali was under investigation by the IPCC at the time of his death following complaints about his dealings with alleged child sexual exploitation victims.

Claims of failures by Rotherham Council representatives were also made in the trial.

One woman took to the witness box to describe how a councillor was involved in a deal for Arshid Hussain to return her when she went missing with him.

She said the councillor had rung Hussain and arranged for her to be dropped off at a petrol station on the understanding 'he wouldn't get done'.

And many victims told how they were spirited away from children's homes by their abusers with the knowledge of those in charge.

One said Basharat Hussain picked her up with friend from a care home when she was 12 years old, saying: 'Is it OK to bring them back at 11?'

One of the charges of abduction faced by Arshid Hussain was dropped halfway through the trial because it was accepted by the judge that a council-approved foster carer allowed the 15-year-old girl involved to go off with the defendant.

Another victim, who said she was made to work as a teenage prostitute, told the jury she had proof police and social workers knew that she was being abused by Arshid Hussain in 2000.

She said: 'Why did they leave it 15 years before knocking on my door and saying they knew?'

The tearful mother of one of the victims told the trial how she found an exercise book in which her daughter had recorded heartbreaking details of the abuse to which she was subject.

The woman said the police and social services were not interested in the book and she later burned it.

Some of the women cited distrust of the police as they told the court why they went to the media to tell their stories - especially to The Times - before they went to the authorities.

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During the trial at Sheffield crow court (pictured), one woman who spent three days describing how she was repeatedly abused and assaulted from the age of 11, told the jury how she told a detective called Kenneth Dawes about what happened but no action was taken

One said: 'The only reason the police started this investigation was because The Times printed my story.'

IPCC deputy chair Rachel Cerfontyne said: 'Our investigative work examining allegations about how South Yorkshire Police responded to reported child sexual exploitation in Rotherham continues to expand.

'This is complex work dealing with non-recent allegations and involving vulnerable and traumatised victims. We are committed to ensuring the allegations are investigated sensitively and thoroughly.'

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Kids Company worker 'beat and harassed daughter over Islamic marriage'

February 25, 2016, 12:59 pm

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A FORMER Kids Company key worker beat his 17-year-old daughter and poked her in the head with scissors after she fell in love with the wrong boy, a court heard.

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Okomi worked with vulnerable children at the now-defunct charity

The jury was told when Muslim Colin Okomi, 45, learnt his daughter Aasiyah had married behind his back he told her if she got pregnant he would "kick the baby out" of her stomach.

Okomi, who worked with vulnerable children at the now-defunct charity, then turned up at the couple's home armed with a dog chain after she refused to have the Islamic wedding annulled, it was said.

During a 999 call Aasiyah told the operator: "My dad's just tried to stab my husband. Please take him away from me."

Today Okomi admitted going round to the house but denied taking the chain saying: "Anybody who knows Islam knows it is forbidden for a Muslim to have a dog."

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Today Okomi admitted going round to the house but denied taking the chain

Okomi who worked at Kids Company for seven years is accused of assaulting Aasiyah and harassing the married couple.

Previously Aasiyah told jurors: "He put his hands around my neck and pushed my hands up against the window.

He then kicked me so hard to my right thigh and I fell to the floor
Aasiyah

"He then kicked me so hard to my right thigh and I fell to the floor.

"When I was on the floor he kicked me repeatedly. He kicked me in my back, my head and all over my torso.

"He hit me several times with a full two litre plastic water bottle. He hit me with this across the face, splitting my lip open.

"As I was about to leave, my father took some scissors and dug them into the left side of my head three or four times."

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Okomi worked at Kids Company for seven years

Giving evidence at Inner London Crown Court, Okomi maintained his 18-year-old daughter Aasiyah's marriage to Turkish Muslim Erhan Ozyen, 19, was not valid.

He told the jury: "Some ceremony. I still don't recognise it. That's the reason we are here, because I don't recognise the marriage."

Aasiyah was only 15 when she first mentioned she wanted to marry Erhan in early 2013.

Okomi told the jury he was wary of Ehran and said: "I knew he had depression and was vulnerable in that way.

"I have dealt with people like that for a number of years and know how it can link to extremism.

"It's one of the main underlying factors of extremism, and I was concerned he was susceptible to this."

That year he took his family to Egypt to study Arabic and Islam and warned Erhan not to contact him or his daughter.

Okomi said: "I said it not as a way of brushing him off, but as a way that he would not interfere with my daughter's education."

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Okomi denied bringing a dog chain

While abroad, Okomi told his daughter: "I said to her 'listen, I don't think you should marry this guy. You are young and he has depression'.

"I asked how she thought she could marry him.

"I said I had worked with young people in Kids Company with depression and I said she couldn't cope with a person with depression."

Okomi said he believed that was the end of the matter and Aasiyah had accepted his decision.

By May 2014 after the family returned to Stockwell in south London Aasiyah had begun acting "rude" which left him wondering if his daughter still hoped to marry Erhan.

That month Okomi is accused of assaulting her in her bedroom.

But Okomi denied this, telling jurors: "Impossible. I have never in my life put my hands to my daughter.

"If I've ever reprimanded my daughter it was by taking things away from her.

"Islamically for a father to manhandle his daughter like that is major. You can't do things like that "

Aasiyah immediately moved out of the house, before the couple got married in an Islamic ceremony on 14 December 2014, the court heard.

Asked how he felt about that, Okomi said: "When I found out I was upset.

"I wanted to find out how that ceremony took place and who had endorsed it, because everybody knows that according to Islamic jurisprudence that this was incorrect.

"I wanted to know who had sanctioned and approved it. I wanted to find out who was involved with her getting married without me knowing about it."

Okomi, of Garlinge House, Gosling Way, Stockwell, denies actual bodily harm and harassment.

The trial continues.

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Asian sex abusers to be stripped of UK citizenship and DEPORTED under new drive to broaden 'anti-terror' powers

February 26, 2016, 5:05 am

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Asian sex abusers to be stripped of UK citizenship and DEPORTED under new drive to broaden 'anti-terror' powers

Powers created to deport terrorists being used to remove other criminals
Asian child sex grooming gangs with dual nationalities to be targeted
Shabir Ahmed is the first paedophile to be subjected to the new approach
He has appealed against deportation from Britain on human rights grounds

Rochdale child sex grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed, pictured, is the first paedophile to be subjected to the new Home Office approach

Powers created to deport terrorists are being used to remove members of Asian child sex grooming gangs with dual nationalities under a new effort by the Home Office.

Home Secretary Theresa May plans to significantly increase the withdrawal of British citizenship for serious criminals with dual nationality, Whitehall sources told The Independent.

According to senior Home Office sources, there is likely to be an 'acceleration of passport strike-outs and potential deportations'.

The announcement follows the uncovering of a series of Asian sex abuse gangs across the country in recent years.

Rochdale child sex grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed is the first such paedophile to be subjected to Mrs May's new approach.

The pervert was jailed for 22 years in 2012 after being convicted of befriending vulnerable teenage girls, plying them with alcohol and raping them.

The divorced father-of-four, aged 63 and known as 'Daddy', was later found guilty of 30 more horrific rapes in a separate trial.

Despite ruining the lives of dozens of young white girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Ahmed last week appealed against the deportation from Britain on human rights grounds.

He appeared before the First Tier Immigration Tribunal in Manchester to appeal against the decision to strip him of his British citizenship, the first stage in the deportation process.

His appeal also includes an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Meanwhile, officials are also expected to consider whether any members of the Rotherham grooming gang could also be deported, following their conviction this week.

A Whitehall legal adviser told The Independent: 'There are no limits. It is not just potential terrorists who face losing their UK citizenship.

Those involved in serious or organised crime, and who hold dual nationality, can expect similar justice.'

Brothers Basharat, left, Bannaras, right, and Arshid Hussain are to be sentenced today for a string of sex offences. Proceedings for their potential deportation are likely to commence after their sentencing

six people, including three brothers and their uncle, were found guilty of the 'systematic' sex abuse of teenage girls in Rotherham.

Arshid Hussain, 40, and brothers Basharat, 39, and Bannaras, 36 - known as Mad Ash, Bash and Bono - formed a violent, gun-toting, drug-dealing family who were said to have 'owned' the South Yorkshire town.

The brothers subjected under-age girls to horrific ordeals, raping, beating and passing them between abusers.

After their sentencing today, legal proceedings for their potential deportation to Pakistan are likely to commence.

Arshid Hussain is also likely to face deportation proceedings after his sentencing today

A Home Office spokesman said: 'Citizenship is a privilege not a right. The Home Secretary can deprive an individual of their citizenship where it is believed it is conducive to the public good to do so.'

The powers to remove offenders from the UK come under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981.

It allows for a person to be 'deprived of their citizenship either where they acquired it using fraud, false representation(s) or concealment of a material fact, or where the Secretary of State is satisfied that doing so is 'conducive to the public good'.'

An estimated 37 people have had their British citizenship taken away since 2000. Their nationalities include Russian, Somalia, Yemeni, Australian, Pakistani, Afghan, Albanian, Egyptian, Lebanese, Sudanese, Vietnamese, Iranian, Iraqi and Nigerian.

In 2014, a British-born man and his three sons were stripped of their UK passport due to alleged terrorism links.

Another man who held joint Afghanistan-British citizenship was stripped of his British citizenship and left stranded in Pakistan after being accused of involvement in Islamist extremism.

Stripping UK citizenship from foreigners who are not recognised as a citizen of another country is much more challenging, as they would be rendered stateless.

Human rights campaigners have criticised the extended deportation powers as a form of 'medieval exile'.

Critics in terrorism-related cases are also arguing that those facing the loss of their British citizenship will not be shown the evidence against them.

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Rotherham, city that covered up Muslim rape gang activity, steps up police patrols against “Islamophobia”

February 28, 2016, 11:08 am

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1,400 British non-Muslim childrenwere gang-raped and brutalized by Muslims in Rotherham, and “several staff described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of perpetrators for fear of being thought as racist; others remembered clear direction from their managers not to do so.”

And so it is entirely consistent and understandable that these traitorous fools would be on the job against “Islamophobia.”

“Rotherham Police Increase Patrols To Protect Muslims From ‘Islamophobia’, Acknowledge ‘Hate Crime’ Is Falling,” by Liam Deacon, Breitbart, February 26, 2016:

Whilst acknowledging that ‘hate crimes’ fell in the town last year, Rotherham Police have promised to increase patrols as they are concerned about potential “Islamophobic attacks” after three Muslim men were convicted of grooming underage girls this week.
During the trial of the three rapists, members of the police were accused of effectively covering for the Muslim grooming gangs, who operated with impunity for over twenty years, by brokering deals with them, passing them drugs and even having sex with their underage victims themselves.
One of the accused officers was related to the three rapist brothers, convicted on Wednesday, and the police watchdog is now examining almost 200 allegedly corrupt Rotherham officers.
However, Chief Superintendent Jason Harwin, the commander of Rotherham’s local policing unit, told the Guardian that they would be more vigilant in protecting the local Muslim population against a perceived threat, and would be increasing patrols across the town.
Whilst acknowledging that racially motivated hate crimes had actually fallen in Rotherham over the past twelve months, Mr. Harwin pointed to the murder of a local Muslim man over a year ago as anecdotal evidence of “islamophbia” in the town.
As the police continue to push this line, it is worth remembering that the Jay Report into the scandal, released last year, concluded that among the primary reasons for the police turning a blind eye to the industrial scale rape were myths of “islamophobia” and fears of being accused of racism.
Chief Superintendent Harwin said anyone perceived as committing ‘hate crime’ would be brought to justice.
“While racially motivated recorded crimes in Rotherham are lower than this time last year, we are aware that this is an under-reported issue. This is something we are addressing by working closely with third-party reporting centres and exploring how we can improve our response to this crime,” he said.
He added: “We really want victims of hate crime to feel confident in coming forward so if you have been a victim, or know someone who is a victim, please do tell someone, whether that is the police or another agency. We can deal with reports and information in confidence.”
“We’ve got hate crimes throughout the whole town,” claimed Muhbeen Hussain of the British Muslim Youth group, adding: “Individuals are being vilified and being made out to look like it’s the community hiding something, and that is stirring up hatred and dividing communities.”
Last year, Mr. Hussain’s organisation called for a boycott of South Yorkshire Police, insisting that Muslims in Rotherham have been “demonised” and “scapegoated” and “our women” have been “attacked” since the publication of the Jay Report last year.

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Hate Crime Fizzle in Britain: Imam's Killer Turns Out to Be Muslim…

February 28, 2016, 11:12 am

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Another islamofauxbic hate crime turns out to have been committed by a Muslim. Most hate crimes against Muslims, in fact, turn out to have been faked — mostly so that Muslims can claim they’re being persecuted and that counter-terror efforts have to end. And the authorities fall for this virtually every time.

“Man, 21, charged with murdering imam in children’s playground as he walked home through Rochdale after prayers,” by Darren Boyle, MailOnline, February 27, 2016:
Detectives investigating the killing of an imam on his way home from a mosque have charged a man with his murder.
Jalal Uddin was found with head injuries in a children’s play area in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, after being attacked on February 18.
The 64-year-old was taken to hospital but died a short time later.
Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, 21, of Ramsay Street, Rochdale, has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, Greater Manchester Police said.
He will appear at Bury Magistrates Court on Monday.
A 17-year-old boy previously arrested on suspicion of murder is on bail until April 20.
Police were called by paramedics to the play area at the end of South Street in the Wardleworth area of the town, following reports that a man had been found injured.
Mr Uddin was taken to hospital but died a short time later. A Home Office post-mortem examination concluded he died from a head injury.
A 31-year-old man arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder has now been released without charge and eliminated from police inquiries.
Local religious leaders have called for calm, asked police be allowed to do their work and for locals not to speculate what prompted the attack….

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Sharia in UK: Wife-beating and child marriages are shocking reality, claims explosive book

February 28, 2016, 12:14 pm

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A book Elham Malea says some Sharia law courts in the UK are more extreme than in parts of Pakistan

It also says some Islamic clerics support chopping off the hands of criminals while others are in favour of a father having the power to annul his daughter's marriage if he does not approve of her partner.

The book was written following a four-year investigation into around 80 Islamic councils across London and the Midlands, in which disputes within Muslim communities are settled.

Author Elham Manea, a Muslim professor and expert on human rights, described the power held in these courts as "totalitarian" and said they were more extreme than in some parts of Pakistan.

She gave an example of a British woman who was forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan, where she was raped on her wedding night.

The woman returned to the UK and pleaded with a Sharia court for an annulment, which was dismissed outright.

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A Sharia law judge in Syria

In some societies, 12 or 13-year-old women, girls, they are more of less fully fledged women
Sharia law cleric

Ms Manea said in her book Women and Sharia Law: "They did not care that she was forced to marry. They did not care that she is being raped in marriage, they do not see that as rape in marriage."

She also quoted an imam who supported girls getting married at extremely young ages, explaining there was "no particular age" limit but that "normally, the younger the better”.

Another said "puberty is the right age", declaring "in some societies, 12 or 13-year-old women, girls, they are more of less fully fledged women”.

Ms Manea's investigation also uncovered shocking attitudes among clerics towards physical punishment and wife beating.

She said: "A woman will be beaten in the name of religion. Beaten. And it will be legal."

One cleric was said to have told her: "A man should not be questioned why he hit his wife because this is something between them."

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Tory MP Nusrat Ghani said she was "shocked and concerned" by the allegations

Ms Manea added women from south Asia living in the UK were "up to three times more likely to kill themselves than women in the general population”.

The book also claimed that Sharia law courts base some inheritance decisions purely on gender.

One cleric said: "We are very happy to give the woman half and the man double because I think this is a very fair way of dealing with the situation."

Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani told The Sunday Times she was "shocked and concerned" that women were being treated in such ways "just because if her gender by self-appointed community or faith leaders via Sharia courts”.

She said: "There is one law in the UK and that law is set by parliament. No faith-based law trumps the laws of our land."

In response to these allegations, the Muslim Council of Britain said the courts had "no enforcement powers and operate only with consent of parties. They receive no public funding and perform an important function”.

It added: ”The Muslim Council of Britain is committed to ensure that the council apply rules of natural justice in their proceedings, treat parties with equal respect and fairness, have more women members on the council panels and all panel members are given training on judge craft.

"Muslims must have the same right to see justice in accordance with their faith as other faiths have in the UK.”

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UK journalist decides not to report Islamic State sympathizer to police because he was so nice

February 28, 2016, 1:18 pm

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“Also, considering the state we now find ourselves in, we cannot go crying to the police about every little IS sympathiser we come across on the high street. The system wouldn’t be able to cope.” Thatshould have set off warning alarms for her and others in Britain, but it didn’t, and won’t. And so Britain will go gently into its good night, happy that its new Islamic supremacist masters are such very decent fellows. Do you think Melissa Kite would have been this conflicted if the kind, helpful man at the tire shop had been a member of a counterjihad group? If he had been a member of, say, LibertyGB, she might not have gone to the police, since, after all, it isn’t illegal in Britain (yet) to belong to such a group, but it is highly unlikely she would have written about him so sympathetically, no matter how kind he had been.

“There’s a guy works down the tyre shop swears he’s Isis: But he had done me a great service and an incredible deal so I decided not to go to the police,” by Melissa Kite, The Spectator, February 27, 2016:

The last time I bought a set of tyres in south London I came away not quite knowing whether I had just been asked to become a jihadi bride.
Of course, it was only the merest suspicion. If I had had hard evidence I might have gone to the police. Or I might not. These days, one is likely to get done for a hate crime if one complains about a member of the opposite religion. If I had gone to the police what would I have said?
‘Excuse me, I’ve just had a set of tyres fitted to my Volvo by a man who tried to persuade me that IS fighters don’t deserve the bad press.’
Would I have sounded hysterical, or delusional, or just plain prejudiced? And what was my suspicion based on? Not that much.
I thought about it a lot but really all I had was the fact that, as I sat in the waiting room with the spaniel as my tyres were fitted, a very handsome young man sitting at his desk beneath a huge gold-framed excerpt from the Koran told me I shouldn’t listen to ‘the hype’ about Isis, who weren’t the barbarians they were made out to be. He knew this, he said, because he was just back from a top-secret mission in the Middle East, which he couldn’t elaborate on.
He said I should consider converting and marrying a man like him because I would find that my life really took off at that point. I gulped and nodded. I thought it unlikely that going under the veil would make me happy but he had me in a bind.
I was sitting in his waiting room and my car was up on his ramp with no wheels. I could hardly shout, ‘Now look here, matey! I’m a Roman Catholic. Jesus saves! And while we’re at it, the suffragettes chained themselves to railings for my right to vote, and to tell you to naff off!’
I had to nod and say please and thank you and ‘oh, now that is interesting!’ The whole situation was complicated by the fact that his men went to the most enormous trouble to fit me the best set of affordable quality tyres I have ever had on my Volvo. Truly, within seconds of driving away it was obvious that the car was driving better than ever. Much better than the way it drove after the last set was fitted, when the builder boyfriend took it to one of his mates under the arches who whacked some retreads on it.
Life is terribly confusing at times like these. I realised that I could have a guy who was on the side of the angels fit deathtrap tyres to my car and not even balance them properly.
Or a guy who was cheerleading for the worst terror group in the history of mankind could fit four stupendously good-value Continentals.
What’s a girl to do?
I drove around pondering what evidence I should take to the police and eventually concluded that I would go with my mum’s old maxim: you have to take people how you find them. The guy in the tyre shop had been courteous, kind, patient, honest, trustworthy, efficient, skilful and reliable. He had done me a great service and an incredible deal.
He might have been an IS fighter just arrived back from jihad. Or he might have been shooting his mouth off to impress me. It is, after all, entirely possible that our country is in such a weird mess that boasting you’re connected to Isis has become a chat-up line to which increasing numbers of men are resorting to impress the ladies.
Also, considering the state we now find ourselves in, we cannot go crying to the police about every little IS sympathiser we come across on the high street. The system wouldn’t be able to cope….

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Illegal immigrant who was jailed for dealing cocaine on UK streets and then dodged deportation on Human Rights grounds is BACK behind bars after he carried on peddling drugs

February 28, 2016, 2:15 pm

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Undercover police caught Mohammed Shyheim with £400 of crack cocaine
Shyheim, 31, from Burundi had already been jailed for drug dealing in 2008
Illegal immigrant released early but fathered child and avoided deportation
He has now been jailed again for two years despite calls for his deportation

Jailed: Illegal immigrant drug dealer Mohammed Shyheim avoided deportation on his release from a British prison after fathering a child - only to continue peddling crack cocaine on the UK's streets

An illegal immigrant drug dealer dodged deportation on his release from a British prison after fathering a child - only to continue peddling crack cocaine on the UK's streets.

Mohammed Shyheim, 31, was sentenced to three years in jail in 2008 for selling cocaine in Sheffield. He has been in Britain illegally for 12 years and never been granted citizenship after fleeing the war-torn East African country of Burundi as a teenager.

Shyheim was considered for deportation on his early release from prison after 18 months, but launched an appeal. He has fathered a child in England which enables him to argue his human rights would be infringed if moves were made to send him home.

He is no longer with the child's mother.

Yesterday Shyheim was jailed again for two years after undercover detectives caught him in Hull with£400 of crack cocaine, two mobile phones, £90 cash and bank deposit slips for £680.

He claimed to be penniless and unable to work. A judge told Shyheim that no matter how desperate he was he should know better than to deal drugs because he had already served a three-year prison sentence for exactly the same offence.

The immigration service put on hold a decision on whether to deport him until his latest sentencing hearing. They had no idea Shyheim had been locked up and was awaiting sentence until a call was put in to his solicitors.

In 2003 Shyheim, then 18, arrived in Britain illegally. Burundi is judged one of the world's poorest nations plagued by tension between the usually-dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority.

He stayed low on the Home Office immigration service radar because he did not work and did not have a job and denied he claimed£140 a fortnight in benefits.

Instead Shyheim relied on women he met in the UK to support him financially. Within 12 months of his arrival in the country he was caught handling stolen goods and failing to pay on railways. Shyheim was given police cautions on both occasions.

In April 2008 he was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply.

He is estranged from his first partner, who has his young child, but his second girlfriend pays his ex partner child maintenance on his behalf from her job so he can still have access and be a parent three days a week. This allows his former partner to go out to work to support their child.

On December 2 2015 Shyheim was spotted by two undercover officers in Hull at 1.55pm. He matched the description of a wanted man and as they approached they feared he was about to run.

Crown barrister Katherine Kioko-Gillighan told Hull Crown Court: 'The officers took hold of him as they feared he would take off. As they did so he dropped a small parcel to the floor. Inside there were 20 rocks of crack cocaine.

'It had an estimated street value of £400, he was found in possession of two mobile telephones, £90 in cash and bank deposits slips for £680.

He made no comment in police interview.'

Shyheim, of Posterngate, Hull, pleaded guilty to one offence of possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply and appeared for sentence at Hull Crown Court.

Defence barrister Nigel Clive said: 'Because of his status he cannot work, he cannot get benefits. He started nibbling away at what you can see is his criminal behaviour. That is when you see offences of handling stolen goods and non-payment of rail fares.

'Three years later he was sentenced to three years for dealing in cocaine. Through an ex-partner he has one child. He has custody of that child three days a week. He is not an errant parent.

'He does pay maintenance. You might ask where does the money come from? There is a lady in the public gallery. They have been together some time. She assists the defendant with his costs.

'She directly pays his maintenance for a child which is not hers. This enables his former partner to work.

Because of his status he cannot work, he cannot get benefits. He started nibbling away at what you can see is his criminal behaviour

Mohammed Shyheim's defence barrister Nigel Clive

'He has a history. He does fall foul of making poor choices. He agreed to look after the drugs for an old associate. It was nearing Christmas.

He wanted to buy his partner a present and was too proud to ask her for money in order to buy her the present. Then he entered into this agreement.'

Sentencing, Judge Kate Buckingham said Shyheim was caught when he looked ready to run and knew the risks but didn't care.

After ordering Shyheim to stand, she told him: 'Your record shows in April 2008 you got 42 months in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

'When you decided to get involved in this offence you knew what the implications would be, and the risks you were taking. You were motivated by financial advantage and cannot be said to be naïve. Your previous offending gave you good knowledge.

'You entered the UK illegally and say you are not working and are awaiting for your asylum application to be determined. The problem is, however desperate you say you were, all you were doing was passing on misery - in a different form - to the people who take these drugs.'

Shyheim's girlfriend wept in the dock as he was led away to a prison van.

A friend said she would still support him in his appeal to stay in the UK.

The case has sparked anger among Shyheim's neighbours in Hull who said he should be deported rather than serve time in prison.

George Platten, 72, said: 'I don't know why he is still in the UK.

'He was convicted of dealing in drugs and should have been deported.

The immigration laws are just not working.

'He has got girls supporting him and they should see what he is like.

He is a drug dealer on the street selling crack cocaine.

He is supposed to be fleeing misery and yet brings it here.'

The Home Office was unable to give details of any steps it has taken to deport Shyheim.

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