Muslim leader warns British Pakistanis

There have been three cases recently where Asian men have been convicted of rape or sex trafficking offences. Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, has made what some consider controversial statements regarding members of the Pakistani community involved in grooming girls, saying they harboured racist attitudes towards white girls. He observed there is an over-representation of Pakistani men convicted of child sexual exploitation and on-street gang-grooming in which the majority of victims are white. He warned British Pakistanis against ‘burying our head in the sand’ regarding grooming gangs operating in their communities. See also: