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UK: Muslim who was “respected Blackburn community figure” sexually assaulted 8-year-old girl

Dec 14, 2019 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

This is reminiscent of the many, many sickening cases in which Roman Catholic priests sexually assaulted young girls and boys. The difference is that while sexual assault, even of young children, occurs in all cultures, only in Islam does it have divine sanction. In this case, victim was eight years old. This may have been because the perpetrator’s reverence for Muhammad led him to think of children as sexual objects. Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and go through all sorts of contortions to deny the evidence of the texts, but the fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world, even by the directorate of religious affairs in once-“moderate” albeit now rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey, most clearly shows their dishonesty. The Diyanet wouldn’t approve of child marriage if it weren’t Islamic, as it explains in its own defense. And child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law.

“Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria

“There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law in many countries permits girls to marry only from the age of 18. This is arbitrary legislation, not Islamic law.” — Dr. Abd Al-Hamid Al-‘Ubeidi, Iraqi expert on Islamic law

There is no minimum age for marriage and that girls can be married “even if they are in the cradle.” — Dr. Salih bin Fawzan, prominent cleric and member of Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council

“Islam does not forbid marriage of young children.” — Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology

Hadiths that Muslims consider authentic record that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:

“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)” (Bukhari 7.62.88).

Another tradition has Aisha herself recount the scene:

The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became all right, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. (Bukhari 5.58.234).

Muhammad was at this time fifty-four years old.

Marrying young girls was not all that unusual for its time, but because in Islam Muhammad is the supreme example of conduct (cf. Qur’an 33:21), he is considered exemplary in this unto today. And so in April 2011, the Bangladesh Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini declared that those trying to pass a law banning child marriage in that country were putting Muhammad in a bad light: “Banning child marriage will cause challenging the marriage of the holy prophet of Islam, [putting] the moral character of the prophet into controversy and challenge.” He added a threat: “Islam permits child marriage and it will not be tolerated if any ruler will ever try to touch this issue in the name of giving more rights to women.” The Mufti said that 200,000 jihadists were ready to sacrifice their lives for any law restricting child marriage.

These kinds of incidents are where such thinking leads.

“JAILED: ‘Respected Blackburn community figure’ sexually attacked girl, 8,” by Peter Magill, Lancashire Telegraph, December 12, 2019:

A ‘RESPECTED community figure’ in Blackburn is beginning a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of sexual assaults on an eight-year-old girl.

Preston Crown Court heard that the attacks by Sabbir Ibrahim had shattered the youngster’s self-confidence.

She had also been physically sick at the prospect of having to relive her ordeal during a trial, the court was told.

Ibrahim, 66, had denied offences of assault by penetration and sexual assault but was convicted by jurors following an earlier hearing.

Prosecutor John Wyn Williams said that the eight-year-old had reported the penetration offence to her mother, almost immediately after it happened, and the police were called in.

It has also emerged that the father-of two had a separate previous sexual assault conviction, dating back to 2017, in relation to a 17-year-old girl.

Passing sentence, Judge David Potter said: “This was not the first time that you had shown an unlawful sexual interest in someone.”

He told the court how Ibrahim had approached his earlier victim from behind and placed his hands on her shoulders, before cupping her breasts and moving down to her crotch area. The teenage victim fled and also later reported him to police.

Judge Potter said he could only conclude, as a result of these cases, that the defendant had a sexual interest in young females

Referring to his most recent conviction, Judge Potter added: “The sexual abuse of young children is something which can cause emotional issues well into adulthood.”

Ibrahim, of Warrington Street, Little Harwood, will serve a six-year prison term, minus 95 days he had spent on a qualifying curfew during the most recent proceedings.

He must also sign the sex offenders register for life and will be the subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

Gordon Cole QC, defending, said that not withstanding the fact his client maintained his denials of the most recent offences, he wished to challenge assertions in his pre-sentence report that he did not appreciate the impact the trial had on the complainant.

Mr Cole said: “He was quite specific in his account to me, that he was remorseful and sorry that the young girl had to come to court.”

Ibrahim had always been a hard-working man, Mr Cole told the court, and was a well-respected figure in his community.

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Filed Under: child marriage, sexual assault and rape, United Kingdom Tagged With: Blackburn, Preston Crown Court, Sabbir Ibrahim


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  1. mortimer says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    In Sharia law, there is no penalty for raping a kafir.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 14, 2019 at 7:15 pm

      True, Mirtimer–or for targeting children.

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 14, 2019 at 9:47 pm

        Sorry I misspelled your name, Mortimer.

    • Save Europe says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 12:17 am

      I had read about this case, certainly, at least 6 months ago. If not, almost a year.

      If I recall, the victim was, actually, a Muslim girl.

      Nonetheless, it matters to me not one iota, from what background the victim is from. It merely signals how depraved so many Muslim men can be, towards females, in general.

    • william carr says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 7:59 am

      The religion of the victim is not stated

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 15, 2019 at 6:19 pm

        This is one case where it should not matter. Raping any 8-year-old child is *horrifying*.

  2. Rolf Wittwer says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 2:36 pm

    AGAIN AND AGAIN – iSLAM AT IT’S “BEST”!
    Incredible.

  3. Larry says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 2:46 pm

    Of course he did, after all, Mohammad told him women are for the taking, right Pelosi and Schumer?

  4. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    “Ibrahim had always been a hard-working man, Mr Cole told the court, and was a well-respected figure in his community.”

    Of course he’s well-respected. He’s only emulating the Perfect Man and Model of Conduct.

    • william carr says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 8:01 am

      Khomeini in his own words, we can only surmise whether he practised what he preached.

      “A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not committed a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man’s four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl’s sister.”
      – Ayatollah Khomeini, Tahrir al-Vasyleh, Fourth Edition, Darol Elm, Qom, Iran, 1990.
      “A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual acts such as foreplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed”
      .
      That is what the late Ayatollah had to say about sex with minors so as he is revered among Muslims it is unlikely that any of them see any problem with it.

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 15, 2019 at 6:22 pm

        Grimly true.

      • Carol the 1st says

        Dec 16, 2019 at 11:59 pm

        Adults rubbing all over helpless children and to this day and age refusing to flatly and fully condemn it – Islam really does a lot for people, doesn’t it?

  5. Dustfish says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 3:43 pm

    Only 6 years? For destroying the girl’s sense of self? And to say nothing of the family’s standing if they are Muslims or living in a heavily Muslim area! The British have become dhimmi.

  6. Savvy Kafir says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 4:08 pm

    This misogynistic, infidel-hating predator should be executed — or at the very least deported. How long would a kafir continue to draw breath if he sexually assaulted a Muslim girl in a Muslim country? His life expectancy could probably be counted in minutes, if not seconds. We need to begin eliminating these savages who have come to prey on non-Muslim women & girls.

  7. Infidel says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 4:47 pm

    If one is a Muslim, I never consider him ‘respected’! Not by a parsec!

    • Infidel says

      Dec 14, 2019 at 4:53 pm

      Also, Home Secretary Priti Patel really needs to crack down on these grooming gangs rape squads, and either deport them to Fuckistan or wherever else they came from, or send them to jail. A penal colony would be ideal, except that Australia is no longer available for that purpose

      • Ned Kelly says

        Dec 15, 2019 at 5:07 am

        White Island in NZ is available for them, nice sea views, warm water to swim + bath in, google it.

      • Mary says

        Dec 15, 2019 at 2:35 pm

        How about the arctic? No transportation, no housing, etc.

  8. DHazard says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    How dare we deny a Muslim man’s fundamental right to rape non-Muslim girls. We already took away the right to marry his nine year old niece. Where does the Islamophobia end? Sometimes a doctor, who should have said “no” to his Muslim patient’s plan on marrying his prepubescent cousin behind the scenes and away from the kaffir’s eye, caves and remains silent. He remained Islamophobia free which is something the mentally and physically deformed progeny of many similar “marriages” will be incapable of appreciating.

    • DHazard says

      Dec 14, 2019 at 5:02 pm

      Or he’s just a run-of-the-mill perv who finally got caught. For pervs with a conscience Islam can provide relief, at the very least.

      • elee says

        Dec 14, 2019 at 7:55 pm

        Im not sure Muslims have consciences. I have quoted here so many times the verses that make it clear that the moral inquiry for a Muslim is not, Is this right? but rather, What does the Koran say about this? And the K and subsequent sources make it clear that Islam sees nothing wrong with taking kafir women of any age at any time for whatever gratification the Muslim desires from them. Well, we already knew Islam is a flag-of-convenience for all sorts of criminals, so its no wonder this law-abiding Muslim was and presumably continues to be a pillar of his community. And from this what are we to infer about his community? Do you want a member of that community living next door to where your children grow up? fnityu

  9. Jay says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    A six year prison term is not long enough! This disgusting man is a criminal and child predator!
    I pray this young girl gets the help and support she needs to overcome this horrible trauma and attack!
    Hopefully England learns that Muslim immigration with no acclimation to English laws and society
    NEVER works!
    God bless this child !

  10. PRCS says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 6:34 pm

  11. Wellington says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    Any Muslim in a Western nation who is characterized as “a respected..community figure” and accused of a crime, in this case (how telling) “only” doing what Mo himself did, should certainly be presumed innocent under Western legal systems, but in the court of common sense Muslims should ordinarily be presumed guilty until proven innocent. As here.

    Is this unfair? No. And the overbearing reason why is that Islam has nothing to do about fairness and the West need not commit civilizational suicide in the face of the iniquity which is Islam.

  12. elee says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    Hey parents, you want your daughters growing up with Muslims? You want your school to teach them that its just another culture and just because our culture is different they shouldnt discriminate against Muslims? Why….its enough to make an Islamophobe out of anyone.

  13. Michael Pillon says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    He looks respectable. Prophet-like, even.

  14. gravenimage says

    Dec 14, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    UK: Muslim who was “respected Blackburn community figure” sexually assaulted 8-year-old girl
    …………………

    The horrifying Sabbir Ibrahim was just following the example of the “Prophet”.

    God, I hate Islam.

    • Giacomo Latta says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 9:23 am

      Re: same quote. That says a lot about the ”community.” If true, it would be smart to move if you have an 8-year-old daughter.

  15. Jayell says

    Dec 15, 2019 at 1:45 am

    “Muslim who was “respected Blackburn community figure” sexually assaulted 8-year-old girl”. But of course you have to ask what sort of community respects figures like this and then which community exactly you’re talking about in Blackburn (or indeed any urban area in the UK these days). Go back about 60 years and no one would even think of having to ask that question because it would have been glaringly obvious that there was only one ‘Blackburn community’ – but then you’d hardly be asking any questions about 8-year-old girls being sexually assaulted anyway. let alone under-age girls being prostituted. and the term ‘honour killing’ would have been considered a ridiculous oxymoron that wasn’t even in the dictionary.

    Here in Europe and the UK we’re existing in a multicultural mess. Are things this bad yet in the US?

  16. Bikinis not Burkas says

    Dec 15, 2019 at 4:48 am

    The perfect man, NOT, defective DNA.
    Muhammad was WHITE!
    http://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/Reference/Hadith-2340/
    Muhammad was a dwarf and fat!
    http://sunnah.com/abudawud/42/154

    • Ned Kelly says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 5:14 am

      + had red hair, Ive read many times.

  17. OLD GUY says

    Dec 15, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    Another pervert muslim following his obnoxious pedophile leader Muhammad. The islamic religion and doctrine can not exist in a free nation.

  18. simpleton1 says

    Dec 15, 2019 at 6:09 pm

    Again demanding respect, as being “oven-ready”.

    That “palpable fear” will not guide them to seek refuge in safe islamic countries.

    Harun Khan, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain said:
    “Mr Johnson commands a majority, but there is a palpable sense of fear amongst Muslim communities around the country.
    We entered the election campaign period with long standing concerns about bigotry in our politics and our governing party.
    Now we worry that Islamophobia is “oven-ready” for government.
    https://mcb.org.uk/press-releases/mcb-responds-to-general-election-result/

    I think Boris has pretty much sidelined the Baroness Warsi.

    ………Baroness Warsi, a former Tory co-chair and cabinet minister, said the party ‘must start healing its relationship with British Muslims’. In a tweet, she said: ‘Endorsements from #TommyRobinson & #KatieHopkins & colleagues retweeting both is deeply disturbing. Independent Inquiry into #Islamophobia is a must first step.
    The battle to root out racism must now intensify’.
    Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/13/british-muslims-fear-future-boris-johnson-government-11903980/?ito=cbshare

    Yet muslims will continue to pray, 5 times a day, against some peoples, every day, reciting 17 times a day, as deserving the wrath of God.

    (7) The path of those on whom you have bestowed your grace, not of those who earned [your] wrath, nor of those who have gone astray.

    as per wikipedia “Al-Fatiha”
    Such nice people; ready to make “oven-ready” meals/victims. 🙁

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 15, 2019 at 7:12 pm

      I think Boris has pretty much sidelined the Baroness Warsi.
      ………………

      Great to hear, simpleton.

      • simpleton1 says

        Dec 15, 2019 at 8:28 pm

        Baroness Warsi has backed the wrong horse, having declared that she would never back Boris for being leader, and Boris will have many other choices who will be in his cabinet.

        So it seems she continues to burn bridges, and is considered to not be “a good fit” in the Conservative Party.

        Boris Johnson does seem to be reasonably aware of islam, just by going by his jocular comments in the past, and totally sidelined Baroness Warsi concept of an inquiry into islamophobia in the Conservative Party by sidelining it into an inquiry in to all “prejudice”.

        With the pressure of being told that there were votes to had from the muslim community for the Tory Party, now Boris can knows he can be free of them.
        He still has to govern, but only needs to give a glancing acknowledgement to the muslims.
        Free to pursue a reasonable Brexit deal, to pursue other trade deals will be his first priority.

        Immigration will be the another major issue that he will need to sort out, as that is where the voters want to believe, that the British government will regain control of.
        Not just via European Union, but through the old colonies of Pakistan, India, Nigeria, and others.

        After that he has a country to govern, and where that leads, will depend on just what issues arise, particularly in regard to islam.
        Will they just go down below the radar?

        I do see him as a bombastic & flaky guy, but hope that his understanding of issues, deepens and grows, and that his initial principles stay firm.
        Politics is a funny thing, first seeking the voter to understand him and to affirm him, to gain power, to do what one believes is right, to achieve what is possible, and for the changes to be well set in place, well at least a “cycle” or more past ones tenure.

        Otto von Bismarck
        “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”.

  19. Tay says

    Dec 18, 2019 at 2:37 am

    6 bloody years for ruining that kids life….!

    Then what?

    He’ll be set free after no more than 3 years. And knowing the way the British prison system is nowadays, he”ll probably be out on a tag in about a year and a half.

    Meanwhile, in prison, he will be living in comfort alongside other Muslim inmates, who are no doubt recruiting for many things, including ISIS and paedophile gangs.

    And as usual, we’ll hear the same old shit, from the same old gobs, and nothing will be done about it.

    Oh, and lets not forget the police protection he will get on his release from prison…at the British taxpayers expense of course!

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