Fringe Muslim sect feted by Tories rocked by rape scandal – Middle East Monitor

The perimeter Muslim Ahmadiyya sect, which is feted by the ruling Conservative Get together in Britain, has been rocked by a scandal involving its members and claims that its non secular chief insisted that the family members of an alleged rape sufferer ought to hold quiet concerning the case.

An audio recording has emerged which reveals that the chief of the Ahmadiyya group, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, inspired a lady named as Nida Ul Nasser to maintain quiet and urged her towards taking the matter any additional.

“My recommendation to you may be that you simply drop this case, even when the rape occurred,” the individual mentioned to be Ahmed defined. He identified that he can’t be positive if the alleged rape occurred or not. “Even when it has, I’m positive these concerned would have requested for forgiveness from Allah already.”

Nasser is claimed to be the granddaughter of the earlier chief of the sect, Mirza Tahir Ahmad. She is a British nationwide and lives in London, as does the present chief, who can also be a British nationwide.

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The dialog occurred in July final 12 months. It was recorded by Nasser and launched to the general public in December. She will be heard objecting to the recommendation from the Ahmadiyya chief. “You’re asking me to maintain quiet on [sexual abuse]. Though Allah has requested us to cover the sins of our fellow Muslims, He has by no means requested a sufferer to stay silent on the oppression/exploitation he/she has endured,” mentioned the 36-year-old.

In what seems to be an abuse of energy, Ahmed cites spiritual textual content when insisting that the sufferer ought to bury the case. The 71-year-old additionally claimed that the sufferer will want 4 witnesses to show a rape declare. Nasser shot again, telling Ahmed: “Whosoever has seen that chat and textual content will let you know that no British court docket will settle for that there aren’t any indecencies in them. I’m clear lower about that he’s not the supreme head of the British Authorities, no British court docket will settle for his stance.”

An official criticism of a number of situations of sexual abuse has been made to the police who’re investigating. The Ahmadiyya group has not challenged the authenticity of the audio however denies that the group’s chief tried to bury sexual abuse allegations.

The Ahmadiyya motion was based in British-ruled India within the nineteenth century by Ghulam Ahmad. It’s considered a really small fringe group by mainstream Muslims, most of whom don’t settle for its members as fellow Muslims in any respect. Nonetheless, that has not stopped it from changing into feted by the Conservative Get together as a reliable voice of the Muslim group in Britain.