[BitWielder1]

Send him to jail, for punishment and as a warning to others.
The Muslims must be laughing at the wests unwillingness to come to grips with these deliberate challenges to the legal system.

[Venturer]

Obviously in Jolly Olde England consent is not necessary if you are a Muslim.

[Baynative]

"Rashid stated that "he went to an Islamic faith school where he was taught that women are worthless," and thus consent was not necessary."

And they're pushing for Sharia law in US communities with growing Muslim populations.

[circlecity]

Between the headline and conflicting provisions of the story I can’t tell whether this was a statutory rape or a focible rape. Certain, ignorance of the law isn’t a excuse either way but to try and claim he didn’t know forcible rape was illegal and for the judge to buy it is pretty breathtaking.

[Dogbert41]

Rashid stated that "he went to an Islamic faith school where he was taught that women are worthless," and thus consent was not necessary.

[Teotwawki]

If I was the girl’s father, I would look at this as an opportunity. Easier to deal with when the muslim rapist isn’t safely hidden away in a jail cell.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

therightliveswithus~: (from the article) “ Stokes reasoned that “because Rashid was ‘passive’ and ‘lacking assertiveness,’ sending him to jail might cause him ‘more damage than good.’”

There is a difference between assertiveness and insertiveness (rape).
This is an example of the ‘perp’ having more rights than the victim !
This is another case of the ‘Law of the Land’ being violated.
This from the country that gave us “Magna Carta”, and common law, ‘Jurus Prudence’.
Is this what we can expect here in this country ?

[Wings-n-Wind]

Not-so-Great Britain....
...... Seems to be circling the "sharia" drain (sadly-but-truly)....

This Judge should be impeached /recalled / disqualified /dealt with...
... However the UK handles such things....

There remains some cultural soul-searching to be done among our English friends:

"How do you tolerate this level of personal abuse exacerbated by blatant injustice perped by these foreigners with a badly skewed & dissimilar value system?"

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"What has happened to our cultural values and the punitive power of the justice system that permits or encourages this lawlessness?"

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When the justice system breaks down to this level of failure--
--What to citizens do for self-defense, protection of our loved ones, and deterrence of this kind of criminal behavior against the youth?

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If the justice system continually excuses criminal behavior against these children:

How then do we live as a "civilized" society?

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How do we respond when the gub'mint vacates its commission and authority to punish criminals...??

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Someone (At least one) should wake up singing soprano...

JMO....

[circlecity]

"In his defense, Rashid claimed that he simply "did not know" it was illegal to rape minors. Rashid stated that "he went to an Islamic faith school where he was taught that women are worthless," and thus consent was not necessary."

I don't even buy this excuse for a second. I've never heard that in Muslim countries any man can grab any child off the street and rape her. Had he been back home and grabbed the local imam's daughter off the street and raped her becuase she's "worthless" he would be hanged within a week. And he knows it.

[a fool in paradise]

What Would Islamic Rage Boy Do?

[JustSayNoToNannies]

therightliveswithus, are you "Aurelius"? Are you pimping your blog?