I cannot answer your questions because I am not Muslim. If you are curious then start a thread with that topic and may be Muslim members like Coyote can answer your question. But this thread is clearly not about discussing religion.
I do understand your point though that Pakistanis makeup a large portion of culprits who engage in child grooming given they are less than 2 percent of the UK's population. But still this does not justify turning this thread into Islam bashing.
I don't see why we can't discuss the topic and just leave the religious bashing aside. I agree that pedophilia is most certainly NOT just a "Muslim" problem, when I think of the fairly recent priest sex abuse scandals here in the US, so yes, I can see what you are saying, but at the same time I don't see any other religious denominations participating in child marriage, etc.
I mean, I've read some pretty horrible things, about 12-year-old girls sold by their fathers to 80-year-old men as "wives." Just think about what it must be like to be one of these poor girls. What a horrible life.
Fair enough.
Let us see if we can find following two key data from the UK:
a) Population of Pakistanis in the UK
b) What percent of UK Pakistanis are involved in child grooming
As far as item a) is concerned, I think Pakistanis make about 2% of the UK population. I am not sure about the item b). Does anyone have data on item b)?
Well, that number would not be known. We only know about those who have been caught. I don't see how that's relevant to my statements anyway. The point is that, in some areas, it is a part of their culture to marry children/young teenagers. That is (supposed to be) against the law, although I'm not sure about the laws in the UK. I know that here in the US, we have some pretty strict laws when it comes to sex/consent laws and minors in most of the states.
I want to avoid following artificial narratives:
- It is their culture to marry young girls. That is why they rape young girls.
- Islam is bad. That is why Muslim men engage in child grooming.
Instead, I would like to focus on statistics.
It should be quite easy to prove statistically if you have demographic and criminal statistics of the UK in front of you. All we need to do is find out two things:
a) What is the percentage of Pakistanis in UK
b) What is the percentage of Pakistani sex criminals among general UK sex criminals
Arguments that we cannot obtain data outlined in item b) because British authorities failed to prosecute those men does not appeal to me. Simply because, that is the fault of the authorities. That brings us back to the original point I was trying to make. Authorities are involved in the child grooming rings.