December 10, 2004

Child Molestation: It's not just for Catholics anymore!!

Madrassas hit by sex abuse claims:

A Pakistani minister has revealed hundreds of cases of alleged child sex abuse at Islamic schools, or madrassas.

There were 500 complaints this year of abuse allegedly committed by clerics, Aamer Liaquat Hussain, a minister in the religious affairs department, said.

That compares with 2,000 last year, but as yet there have been no successful prosecutions, Mr Hussain told the BBC.

The minister's revelations have sparked death threats and infuriated some religious political leaders.

Mr Hussain said he had received death threats from clerics, but that he had done his job and his conscience was clear.

Hmmm, I wonder if angry Catholic priests called up those investigating sex abuse and threatened them with death? Oh, wait, you're telling me that Catholics gave up killing people in the name of religion somewhere between the Dark Ages and the Enlightenment? Fascinating. (Hat tip: Bill Dauterieve)

UPDATE: Hyscience has a very interesting addendum on homosexual culture and pedophelia in the Muslim world.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 01:24 PM | |