Muslims could face a child abuse scandal on a par with the Catholic Church, a report has warned.
In a damning report by "The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain" it has been revealed that UK based Madrases & other UK Muslim youth organization groups have no policies in place that meets the children act 1989.
The report discovered that most Madrasa Teachers are unaware of any legal obligation; further the report found that Islam youth organisations were in active denial and child protection was a taboo subject with objections from Madrasa Teachers being:
"Why raise a non-issue"
"This will further marginalise the community"
"This will be opening a can of worms"
Yet, discussions with some ex teachers indicated that Physical Abuse is widespread, in Madrases 40% Hit or scold thier pupils, sex abuse cases run at 15 - 20 cases per year which insiders considered the figure an understatement.
The report states that It would have been surprising if thier were no reports of child abuse as Muslim societies are like any other human society. They will unfortunately have to face such horific issues like many other faith communities in our society.
A Copy of the report can be obtained here:
http://www.muslimparliament.org.uk/D...tionReport.pdf