To Be A Judge, Have You To Prove You Are Stupid?

[trt]

I have heard some ridiculous excuses, from people denying they committed a crime in court, but this one beats the lot.

He booked the hotel room, had a condom with him, but he said the 13yr old egged him on.

And before he went home, he prayed at his Mosque, so that's OK then!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268395/Adil-Rashid-Paedophile-claimed-Muslim-upbringing-meant-didnt-know-illegal-sex-girl-13.html

[Jackdaw33]

Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat might apply here.

[douglas9401]

A nine month sentence, even if not suspended seems lenient for the rape of a child. I seem to have missed the part where the paedophile was placed on the sex offender register too.

Is there no-one to challenge bizarre/perverse judgements handed down?

Them and us right enough.

[Old_Geezer]

Doesn't this teaching of disrespect bring into question the legitimacy of both the teaching establishment and of what seems to be abusive parenting ? Surely the former needs investigation as to whether it should be closed. And maybe the rapist taken into care until they attain a morally decent attitude to others ?

[ummmm]

Douglas...you do know that paedophiles are attracted to prepubescent children?

O_G...absolutely. It rather sounds like nurture not nature and that really isn't good! It's shocking that these men are brought into the world by women, raised and cared for by women and yet they are taught they are worthless.

[sandyRoe]

'Educated in a madrassa...' Is he a foreigner or are there such educational establishments in the UK?

[TWR]

What would the sentence be if he was white? ( & no, before some start.)

[ummmm]

It says he was educated at an Islamic school in the UK.

[sandyRoe]

So it does. That school must be in urgent need of a visit from Ofsted.

[douglas9401]

As with many words, ummmm, the meaning and usage can change and evolve. Paedophile is often used to describe those who would rape under-age children.

As you well know.

[chaptazbru2]

Do you think Ofsted would actually DO anything though sandy ?

[trt]

It looks like the Judge didn't look up the word Madrassa, or couldn't be bothered.

From Google:

A madrassa is an Islamic religious school. Many of the Taliban were educated in Saudi-financed madrassas in Pakistan that teach Wahhabism, a particularly austere and rigid form of Islam which is rooted in Saudi Arabia. Around the world, Saudi wealth and charities contributed to an explosive growth of madrassas during the Afghan jihad against the Soviets. During that war (1979-1989), a new kind of madrassa emerged in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region -- not so much concerned about scholarship as making war on infidels. The enemy then was the Soviet Union, today it's America. Here are analyses of the madrassas from interviews with Vali Nasr, an authority on Islamic fundamentalism, and Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. (For more on the role of madrassas in producing militant Islamists, see the story of Haroun Fazul.)

[EDDIE51]

There was a UK Islamic faith school in the news a week or two back.The pupils were forbidden to communicate with 'outsiders' and females were taught separately from the males and to a different curriculum.

[EDDIE51]

Here it is 'education to strict sharia standards' which means they are taught that women are inferior to men! In Drewsbury
(now where have we heard of that town before?)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/593787/Muslim-faith-school-bans-pupils-mixing-outsiders-Ofsted-The-Institute-of-Islamic-Education

If this person was unfortunate enough to be sent there , it is little wonder he acted the way he did!

[ladybirder]

EDDIE, I'm shocked and disappointed that OFSTED has marked this school as Good. Oh boy are we storing up trouble for ourselves by allowing this sort of teaching and non integration policy allowed to be taught in our schools. I continue to be shocked daily by how stupid we are.

[EDDIE51]

I think that was an old inspection report, I heard that a new report was due but the school was refusing to allow the inspectors in.

[ladybirder]

OMG gets better and better!

[trt]

I agree ladybirder, how could Ofsted give this school a good mark, even praised when they are taught the opposite of a British school, as stated below.
Ridiculous!

The Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, Yorkshire was praised by the education watchdog even though students live under a strict sharia code, which sees them banned from watching television, listening to the radio, reading newspapers or speaking to the media.

In its latest inspection, Ofsted governors praised the boarding school for its "dedication to Islamic studies" and spoke of how well it prepared its students to cater for the changing needs of British Muslims.

[trt]

## I heard that a new report was due but the school was refusing to allow the inspectors in. ##

Are they allowed to do that Eddie?

If so, Thats it, I have had enough, and I am going to contact Ofsted, & the local Council and find out why!

[EDDIE51]

Reading the article I see it was only inspected under the old system in 2008 that system did not look at 'teaching of British values'.
The new system is tougher but I am astounded to read that 'Independent schools can only be inspected by OFSTEAD if they actually ask for an inspection' !
I knew there was some reason it had not been inspected recently.

[sandyRoe]

Where would the funding for such a school come from?