A GIRL of 15 was tricked into a "telephone marriage" ceremony to a Sheffield man with a mental age of five in a ceremony recognised by sharia (Islamic law).

When the girl arrived from Pakistan expecting to meet the handsome man she had been shown in a photograph, she found that he was 40 years old, unemployed and disabled.

To make matters worse, her mother-in-law decided to exploit her attractive looks by forcing her into prostitution.

The family invited men to the family home to rape her before she managed to escape to the police by bolting through the front door. She was taken into care and now lives in a refuge.

The case is highlighted in a report by the Centre for Social Cohesion, which has found that policemen, councillors and taxi drivers are turning a blind eye or even conniving in enforcing the Asian community's strict "moral code" on young women.

The girl's marriage last April was not recognised by the Home Office but was approved by the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain. She is typical of the runaway brides at risk of an "honour killing". According to official figures, 10 to 12 women are murdered in Britain in honour killings each year, but the government has been warned by MPs that this is a serious underestimate. Police often record the deaths as cases of domestic violence, while other girls are driven to suicide or taken away to their family's country of origin and never seen again. Many Asian parents would rather resort to violence against their children than see their reputation tarnished by the perceived dishonour of allowing them to become "westernised".

The report, Crimes of the Community, claims the problem is no longer an issue of first-generation migrants importing attitudes from "back home" but is "indigenous and self-perpetuating" because it is sustained by third and fourth-generation immigrants.

The study reveals the case of Saamiya, a 16-year-old girl from Birmingham, whose parents were so angry when they discovered she had a boyfriend that they flew her to Pakistan and told her they had arranged a marriage two hours before the ceremony.

"During the Islamic ceremony my dad was standing behind me with one hand on my shoulder and with his other hand he had a gun which was pointed at my back so that I didn't say 'no'," Saamiya said.

"To everyone else it looked natural — he was just standing there stroking my shoulder — but just before he had told me that he would shoot me if I didn't go through with it."

She was rescued from Pakistan by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's forced marriage unit and now lives in a refuge in the Midlands, but has been told that she will be murdered by her brothers. The girl told investigators: "I haven't been back home since then. My brothers say that they want to take me back to Pakistan so they can kill me basically. They'll just pay the police there to keep quiet, I don't want to be killed. I'm only 16. I want to live my life."

The think-tank's report comes after Gordon Brown, the prime minister, said last week that he was extremely concerned that too little was being done to prevent honour crimes.

The study criticises the police and schools for failing to take action in a misguided attempt to avoid offending cultural sensibilities.

Karma Nirvana, a support group in Derby, claims it asked local schools last year to display warning posters produced by the forced marriage unit. It said the schools refused.

Derby council last week denied that the group had made the requests, but the prime minister has pledged to investigate reports that the government unit cannot get its advice posters into schools for fear of upsetting local opinion.

According to the report, women who go to the authorities to seek protection have been tracked down through their mobile phones or even by leaks of confidential information from government databases.

Jasvinder Sanghera, director of Karma Nirvana, said that police who find girls who have escaped from their families often simply return them to their parents where they face further abuse, with some Asian officers actually colluding in crimes. Sanghera is taking a case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission of a girl who fled her family but was kidnapped by relatives and held prisoner. She claims that a police officer tipped off the family where the girl was staying.

"Police have a long way to go before they get on top of honour crime. There is a lingering fear among officers of being dubbed racist for probing cultural issues. We've got to shake off that myth," she said.

Riskie:

Any time a Christian or other non-Muslim does something stupid don't forget to mention their religion.

Riskie:

Any time a Christian or other non-Muslim does something stupid don't forget to mention their religion.

davidylan:

trust me, christians are more critical of their own. The Anglican gay bishop crisis was roundly condemned by fellow anglicans and other christians . . . Ted Haggard was immediately removed by his own congregation . . . Pat Robinson was criticized by the christian community . . . sorry but we are not part of those who camouflage their own faults with "allah wills".

How many times have muslims bored us to tears about gay catholic bishops?

Riskie:

David, all Muslims do not condone foolish behavior (suicide bombings, child marriage etc). I have attended many Jummah services in which Imams openly denounced such activities and expressly tell the congregation that Allah does not want anyone to commit evil acts in His name or "for His sake". Maybe you just never came across these things or perhaps you are simply ignoring them.

Riskie:

David, all Muslims do not condone foolish behavior (suicide bombings, child marriage etc). I have attended many Jummah services in which Imams openly denounced such activities and expressly tell the congregation that Allah does not want anyone to commit evil acts in His name or "for His sake". Maybe you just never came across these things or perhaps you are simply ignoring them.

JJYOU:

is this supposed to be funny? why dont the muslims here condemn vile acts by other muslims instead of excusing it?

Riskie:

Crackles, how now?

Riskie:

David, all Muslims do not condone foolish behavior (suicide bombings, child marriage etc). I have attended many Jummah services in which Imams openly denounced such activities and expressly tell the congregation that Allah does not want anyone to commit evil acts in His name or "for His sake". Maybe you just never came across these things or perhaps you are simply ignoring them.

davidylan:

We dont see them . . . we dont hear you . . . even on this thread most muslims have prefered to ignore it . . . the few who show up simply come to cry "you too!" Where are the muslims who frequent the "Jesus" threads? Why are they not here reinforcing what they allegedly learnt at jummah services? Is it not true that the marriage of a 15yr old was approved by the sharia council of Britain?

All we hear are the same mudane "i dont condone it" only when muslims are literarily pushed to the wall.

MrCrackles:

And who told you we dont?

I dont condone disgusting and dispicable acts by muslims just because i am

And i believe any sane muslim wont!

JJYOU:

i have seen all you guys do is excuse wicked acts. where waz you during the factua on seun saga? where was you when i was banned for posting an article of a moslem young girl doing boob job?

when i see you people condeming vile and wicked acts i will begin to believe there are some sane ones amongst you

davidylan:

Oh by the way when are they locking this thread too?

mukina2:

If the thread is derailed it will be locked.

If you guys keep on derailing all topics in here they will keep on being locked

All threads are given equal rights to exist, but when it gets out of hands with baseless sermons it will defly be locked

muhsin:

Why all the fuss, fellows?

That act and many other of its nature have nothing to do with Islam. And it does condemn it and never will condone it. Thus, considering this, why bother yourselves responding to the David and co baseless accusations? I personally see no good point there.

May Allah bless you brothers and sisters in Islam for the job.

davidylan:

huh? the iice thread anyone?  It was derailed from page 1.

Is it "baseless allegation" that islam is the world's greatest headache today?
Is it "baseless allegation" that Obama is forced to make his first major TV interview to allay the "fears" of the belligerent muslim world?
Is it "baseless allegation" that the Gaza crisis is nothing but manufactured jihad to get rid of the jews?
Is it "baseless allegation" that the world's worst trouble spots are muslim nations?
Is it "baseless allegation" that 99% of terrorists are muslims who quote the quran when killing innocent people?

Someone better learn the meaning of "baseless allegation".

mukina2:

hahahahahaha that thread wont kill peope it says iice can i meet you? what else should we discuss other than meeting iice?

mukina2:

This is not my headache, my own is. Threads in here must be on topic, i am tired of seeing a thread starts nicely and then someone says this another says that. Then the topic is forgotten. If any thread gets derailed it gets locked simple.

Riskie:

David, David! I can see that you love your Muslim brothers and sisters. You are always on this board. I bet you have more post here that on the Christian board. Nawa for you!

MrCrackles:

David oya make we go Arsenal thread, we don miss you there!

You have just been huffing anf puffing around here

davidylan:

I love you all, but stop threatening us so we can all live in peace haba!

davidylan:

Na next yr una go meet iice finish. yeye people  

There are plenty on our side of the aisle that get derailed by atheists and muslims ALL THE FREAKING TIME . . . i dont see any of you being very anxious to keep them on topic. Besides locking a thread when it gets derailed is not the answer . . . what do you have left? A thread with only 10 posts just hogging unecessary space? Simply delete posts deemed offtopic or remove the thread entirely.

Olabowale is very guilty of derailing our own threads with long epistles . . . all of you are rather concerned about ur islamic niche.

Quote from: Riskie on Today at 08:50:22 PM
David, all Muslims do not condone foolish behavior (suicide bombings, child marriage etc). I have attended many Jummah services in which Imams openly denounced such activities and expressly tell the congregation that Allah does not want anyone to commit evil acts in His name or "for His sake". Maybe you just never came across these things or perhaps you are simply ignoring them.


We dont see them . . . we dont hear you . . . even on this thread most muslims have prefered to ignore it . . . the few who show up simply come to cry "you too!" Where are the muslims who frequent the "Jesus" threads? Why are they not here reinforcing what they allegedly learnt at jummah services? Is it not true that the marriage of a 15yr old was approved by the sharia council of Britain?

All we hear are the same mudane "i dont condone it" only when muslims are literarily pushed to the wall.

dayokanu:

Waiting for the "Moderates" to come out and condemn thisHorrible act