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Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Teenager battered for refusing arranged marriage after father sold her as £10,000 bride
A brave teenager has spoken for the first time of the harrowing ordeal of being beaten up in an arranged marriage after her father tried to sell her for £10,000.
The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.
She has described how she feared she would die after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for refusing to get married.
Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages.
The girl, who would not be named, said: 'It was just about the money. He was literally selling me and my nationality so I could bring the person back.
'In pounds, it would have been about £10,000.
'He whacked me across the face, then I started rebelling more, saying ''no''.
Then he got a glass and scarred my arms. He had somebody holding me from behind and he got a glass and was cutting very deep.
'I thought he might kill me. I thought I was going to die.'
The beatings started when the young girl refused to get married. She was then locked up without food or water.
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Fortunately she summoned her strength and escaped to the British High Commission in Pakistan. She then returned home and was reunited with her worried mother.
Figures obtained by Newsbeat show that her ordeal is one of many suffered by an estimated 1,735 potential forced marriages involving British citizens in 2010.
It is believed that a third of the girls in arranged marriages are under 18. Newsbeat claims that the youngest was just 13.
Campaigners against forced marriages have now called for more awareness of the problem which is largely confined to Asian communities.
Jeremy Browne, the minister in joint charge of the forced marriage unit, said: 'We think it’s a genuine priority, we want to help people.:
British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned.
The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.
She has described how she feared she would die after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for refusing to get married.
Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages.
The girl, who would not be named, said: 'It was just about the money. He was literally selling me and my nationality so I could bring the person back.
'In pounds, it would have been about £10,000.
'He whacked me across the face, then I started rebelling more, saying ''no''.
Then he got a glass and scarred my arms. He had somebody holding me from behind and he got a glass and was cutting very deep.
'I thought he might kill me. I thought I was going to die.'
The beatings started when the young girl refused to get married. She was then locked up without food or water.
More...
Iraqi immigrant convicted of murder after 'running over his daughter in an honour killing'
Anger as word 'marriage' vanishes from birth statistics
Fortunately she summoned her strength and escaped to the British High Commission in Pakistan. She then returned home and was reunited with her worried mother.
Figures obtained by Newsbeat show that her ordeal is one of many suffered by an estimated 1,735 potential forced marriages involving British citizens in 2010.
It is believed that a third of the girls in arranged marriages are under 18. Newsbeat claims that the youngest was just 13.
Campaigners against forced marriages have now called for more awareness of the problem which is largely confined to Asian communities.
Jeremy Browne, the minister in joint charge of the forced marriage unit, said: 'We think it’s a genuine priority, we want to help people.:
British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned.
Scourge of the illegal shisha dens:
Children are putting their health at risk by blowing their pocket money on hookah pipes at illegal shisha dens, police have warned.In one alarming incident, officers revealed that a girl had celebrated her 12th birthday with a three-hour party in a cafe.
She had spent £30 she had been given as a present on the flavoured water pipes along with a number of friends.
Shisha cafes, in which customers smoke through a pipe can be licensed but they must adhere to strict health and safety guidelines
Legal: But shisha cafes haves to meet strict regulations and must not serve tobacco to children .
Operators should also abide by smoking legislation, including only selling products to adults and not allowing smoking 'inside'.
Trading standards departments across the country have noticed a proliferaiton in shihsa cafes which are becoming increasingly popular with school age children.
Chris Allen, the head of public protection for Blackburn, said his officers were now overseeing multiple investigations into shisha dens.
He said that from 'menus' his officers have seen at one premises, smokers were charged between £5-£6 per session.
Mr Allen described the dens as Bedouin-style premises decked out with floor cushions, drapes, and said 'dodgy wiring' and hot coals were fire hazards.
He said: 'What we usually find is upwards of 20 or 30 people in these upstairs rooms and we've seen places where there are 30 to 40 shisha pipes available
'This is an emerging issue countrywide and if any local authority is doing its homework they'll find a problem.'
Mr Allen said he believed the illegal dens had arisen out of a competiton from the number of cafes in the areas and people looking for alternative methods of income.
He added: 'The reason why this is proliferating is the profitability which comes from selling shisha and the access to the pipes
'This is one which seems to have caught the imagination.
'My message to children would be that the health implications of shisha smoking will be felt by all who take part in it, but the younger someone starts to smoke, the greater the risk of them suffering ill-health in adulthood'
Town centre licensing officer Andy Duxbury said: 'We are not trying to ruin anyone's legitimate business or stop their culture.
'But we have a real concern about schoolchildren spending Friday and Saturday nights in these places.
They are paying money to smoke the flavoured tobacco and their parents don't know where they are.
'We have a lot of intelligence that it is children from 12 to 16, from all races, using them as social meeting places in the town centre.
'Our main concerns are the premises themselves and the health risks to the children'
Lovestruck teens go missing over 'forbidden relationship'
Police are hunting a pair of lovestruck teenagers who have run away from home because it is thought their parents don't agree with their relationship.
April Coates, who is just 14, vanished with her boyfriend Kashif Naeed, 15, and their families are becoming more concerned for their welfare.
They disappeared nearly a week ago and police have launched an appeal to try and track them down.
April Coates, 14, and Kashif Naeed, went missing on Friday when they were supposed to be going to school
The apparently smitten schoolchildren left their homes in Greater Manchester, last Friday, February 18.
April, from Holme Street, Hyde, and Kashif, from Ripon Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, were last seen by their families when they set off for school.
Detectives say the couple have been in touch with their families, but have told them they do not intend to return.
Greater Manchester Police believe they could be as far afield as London, Birmingham or Leicester.
It is thought that one or both families may have disapproved of the young couples' relationship.
Insp Phil Valentine, of Gtr Mcr Police, said: 'Both of their families are understandably extremely concerned about them and are desperate for them to return home.
'If anyone thinks they may have seen April or Kashif, please contact us. They are vulnerable due to their age and need to come home.
'They may not realise the police are now looking for them, but if they do get this message, we ask that they come home or get in touch as soon as possible.'
April is white, about, 4ft 10in tall with a slim build, long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.
Kashif is Asian, about 5ft 6in tall with slim build, black short hair and brown eyes. It is not known what either was wearing when they disappeared.
April Coates, who is just 14, vanished with her boyfriend Kashif Naeed, 15, and their families are becoming more concerned for their welfare.
They disappeared nearly a week ago and police have launched an appeal to try and track them down.
April Coates, 14, and Kashif Naeed, went missing on Friday when they were supposed to be going to school
The apparently smitten schoolchildren left their homes in Greater Manchester, last Friday, February 18.
April, from Holme Street, Hyde, and Kashif, from Ripon Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, were last seen by their families when they set off for school.
Detectives say the couple have been in touch with their families, but have told them they do not intend to return.
Greater Manchester Police believe they could be as far afield as London, Birmingham or Leicester.
It is thought that one or both families may have disapproved of the young couples' relationship.
Insp Phil Valentine, of Gtr Mcr Police, said: 'Both of their families are understandably extremely concerned about them and are desperate for them to return home.
'If anyone thinks they may have seen April or Kashif, please contact us. They are vulnerable due to their age and need to come home.
'They may not realise the police are now looking for them, but if they do get this message, we ask that they come home or get in touch as soon as possible.'
April is white, about, 4ft 10in tall with a slim build, long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.
Kashif is Asian, about 5ft 6in tall with slim build, black short hair and brown eyes. It is not known what either was wearing when they disappeared.
'YouTube terrorist'
A law student dubbed the 'YouTube terrorist' who posted Islamic propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised was jailed for five years today.Mohammed Gul was 'pouring petrol on the fire' and his actions could have spurred others to commit acts of terror, the Old Bailey heard.
Gul, 23, of Hornchurch, Essex, who has since graduated, was found guilty of five counts of disseminating terrorist publications following a retrial at the Old Bailey.
Judge David Paget said his sentence had to be a deterrent to others and reflect the seriousness of the crime.
He told Gul: 'I am in no doubt that you have become thoroughly radicalised.
'One can only express sympathy to your family that this has happened.
'You are an intelligent young man who had a good law degree from a good university.
'It is a tragedy that you have thrown it all away.'
The charges related to 30 videos placed on You Tube and on the Anti-Imperialist Forum website between March 2008 and January 2009.
The judge praised anti-terrorist police who, he said, 'had a Herculean task' in reviewing the huge amount of material on Gul's laptop.
It had involved the biggest review of data ever undertaken by the anti-terrorist branch of Scotland Yard and involved 30 officers and took six months, he said.
Timothy Moloney QC, in mitigation, said the offences were committed when Gul was 19 or 20.
He added: 'He is ashamed of the comments he made and he regrets them and wishes he hadn't said them.'
Sean Larkin QC, prosecuting, told the trial: 'These were glorifying terrorism.
'Mr Gul became more and more involved in extreme views. He spent more and more time in internet forums and chatrooms with people who expressed extreme views.
'He asked for footage showing sniper attacks, vehicle explosions and other terrorist attacks in places of conflict.
'He became more and more radicalised. He decided to make these videos and upload them.
'For people interested in this sort of thing, people with a grievance against coalition forces, he was pouring petrol on the fire.'
Gul was studying law at Queen Mary University in east London in February 2009 when police raided his home.
He used clips from al Qaida, the Taliban and Iraqi media sites and added jihadi songs.
One showed an image of Osama bin Laden along with words from a poem which praised him.
Other sections showed the bodies of children and images of conflict, including a coalition Jeep being blown up, the court heard.
Mr Larkin suggested Gul started to show an interest in Bin Laden in 2007 and the offences followed the December 2008 attack on Gaza by Israeli forces which resulted in 140 deaths.
Gul told the jury he did not support terrorism but acted out of curiosity and his political beliefs.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne, senior national co-ordinator for counter terrorism, said: 'The clips graphically showed acts of terrorism and the logos of known terrorist groups.
'This is one of the first successful prosecutions relating to disseminating terrorist publications via the internet.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Four men slashed teacher's face and left him with fractured skull 'for teaching other religions to Muslim girls'
Akmol Hussein, 26, Sheikh Rashid, 27, Azad Hussain, 25, and Simon Alam, 19, attacked Gary Smith with a Stanley knife, an iron rod and a block of cement.
Mr Smith, who is head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London, also suffered a fractured skull.
The four now face a jail sentence.
Detectives made secret recordings of the gang's plot to attack Mr Smith prior to the brutal assault.
The covert audio probe captured the gang condemning Mr Smith for 'teaching other religions to our sisters', the court heard.
The RE teacher was targeted as he made his way on foot along Burdett Road in nearby Mile End on July 12 last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court: 'The evidence from what was said on the probe points overwhelmingly to a religious motive for this attack.'
It is believed the gang had made two earlier attempts to get at the teacher.
They were due to stand trial for the attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court but pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
A fifth defendant, Badruzzuha Uddin, 23, admitted assisting the thugs by hiding blood-stained clothing.
Judge John Hand QC remanded the defendants in custody until sentence on a date yet to be confirmed.
Hussein, of Bethnal Green, east London; Rashid, of Shadwell, east London; Hussain, of Wapping, east London, and Alam, of Whitechapel, east London; have all admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Uddin, of Shadwell, admitted assisting an offender.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
Mr Smith, who is head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London, also suffered a fractured skull.
The four now face a jail sentence.
Detectives made secret recordings of the gang's plot to attack Mr Smith prior to the brutal assault.
The covert audio probe captured the gang condemning Mr Smith for 'teaching other religions to our sisters', the court heard.
The RE teacher was targeted as he made his way on foot along Burdett Road in nearby Mile End on July 12 last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told.
Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse told the court: 'The evidence from what was said on the probe points overwhelmingly to a religious motive for this attack.'
It is believed the gang had made two earlier attempts to get at the teacher.
They were due to stand trial for the attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court but pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
A fifth defendant, Badruzzuha Uddin, 23, admitted assisting the thugs by hiding blood-stained clothing.
Judge John Hand QC remanded the defendants in custody until sentence on a date yet to be confirmed.
Hussein, of Bethnal Green, east London; Rashid, of Shadwell, east London; Hussain, of Wapping, east London, and Alam, of Whitechapel, east London; have all admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Uddin, of Shadwell, admitted assisting an offender.
These unprovoked pack attacks on lone infidels have reached epidemic proportions and are known as 'Street Jihad'
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