Sadly, such positions of trust will always attract the few who are looking from the outset for opportunities to sexually exploit the vulnerable, as well as those who become corrupt, maybe after experiencing abuse themselves. I met both types in prison. يا ساتر يا رب May God protect the vulnerable.

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He could have reported that imam to the authorities later (Q.4:148). There is, sadly, a real issue with the misunderstanding of the Islamic doctrine of ستر, or concealing the faults of wrongdoers, which should apply only to the truly penitent, but custom rules. www.asianimage.co.uk/news/2566037...

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السلام عليكم، يا أحمد It's refreshing to listen to you. The end doesn't justify the means. Two wrongs don't make a right. The imams in Beeston would no doubt have said, like in my mosque, "We don't have that problem here," until they did. Ostriches used to live in Arabia. Now they're everywhere.

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Thanks for sharing. I've listened to the discussion starting with your late brother-in-law. If I understood you correctly, any religious aspect to his crime was the match, not the fuel built up over a long time, like a bonfire. I agree, pre-rad is better than derad.

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I knew some of the plotters but, sadly, was prevented from actively challenging their ideology. Below is a link to a fraction of the content of my forthcoming tome, chiefly on the Al Qaeda leadership's declaration of 23rd February 1998 pre-9/11. 23-february-1998-fatwa.blogspot.com/2013/01/abou...

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