‘Woman trafficked to be a sex slave by Bradford man’ ( UK )

Bradford Telegraph and Argus ^ | 3rd August 2013

[george76]

she was sold to Azam Khan, 34, who allegedly raped her three times and assaulted her twice while keeping her prisoner. He denies the charges.

Nusrat, 40, and Mashrafat Khan, 61, of Colne Road, Burnley, also deny charges of trafficking a person for exploitation under the Asylum and Immigration Act. They are accused of having signed wedding documents at the fake marriage ceremony. . .. . It is also alleged the victim, who comes from a Romany gipsy community in eastern Slovakia, was forced into a sham marriage with Azam Khan at the mosque in Brougham Street.

The court was told that before the ceremony, on October 13 last year, she was given vodka and beer.

A statement from the imam at the mosque confirmed that the marriage took place and said that he had been asked to carry out the ceremony by Azam Khan.

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Abdul Sabool Shinwary, of Girlington Road, Bradford, who is also on trial for trafficking a person for exploitation, was said to have acted as a ‘link’ between Asians and Eastern Europeans to arrange sham marriages

[Mr. K]

Every time they use the term ‘asian’ to refer to a ‘middle eastern’ or ‘arab muslim’ I think what cowards the british have become.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[JimRed]

Hey, just that honored Islamic custom of (forced) temporary marriage. All cultures are equal, don’cha know.

[Winniesboy]

Every time they use the term ‘asian’ to refer to a ‘middle eastern’ or ‘arab muslim’

They (we) don't. As has countless times been pointed out here by British freepers, the usage 'Asian' in Britain does not connote Arab, Middle Eastern or even specifically Muslim. It has for many decades been the colloquial usage in Britain for any brown-skinned person originating or appearing to originate from any of the countries of that used to be British India. A person described as 'Asian' may indeed be Muslim, but could just as easily be Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian. Provided he originated from one of those countries, he would be 'Asian' regardless of religion. It would never be used of an Arab. This usage dates from the time when the only people from the continent of Asia to be seen in Britain in any numbers were, indeed, Indian. In no way has it ever been a euphemism or PC construct signifying 'Muslim'.

I wouldn't usually recommend a Wikipedia entry, but the Wikipedia article 'British Asian' gives a useful and reasonably accurate summary of the usage and its history:

British Asian