zip it!

I just watched a horrific programme on TV about the ever increasing incidents of gang rape in the UK - it was horrible to watch and my dad especially found it very disturbing and kept asking me to turn over. I guess its one thing to know it happens and another to hear these young girls describe their experiences.

One of the worst aspects was that these crimes were committed by young teenagers, some as young as 12 or 13, on girls just as young. To hear the violence and brutality was scary and what made it worse was the planning and the lack of conscience about these crimes that these young boys had, even some of the girls. Some men were so confused about the issue of consent and somehow the lines between rough sex and consent had become blurred. These young boys had no idea how intimidating they could appear to a young girl who may take their rough-housing and harshly playful attitude to mena she didnt have a choice.
Many of the young boys/men didnt care what the young girls thought.
what kind of society do we live in where young men are thinking this way? Thankfully its not a thought that is totally prevalent but it may get there. We should be vigilant and look to our own communities where such crimes are often hushed up and brushed under the carpet. Often the woman is blamed and ostracized!!

This is NOT Islam - as Muslims, as a community, we should do more to help these girls. We should do more to inform people of what is right, we should do more to prevent this kind of gross ignorance.