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I was sexually assaulted by an imam. He told me he had supernatural powers
BBC ^ | May 14 | Catherine Wyatt, BBC Religious Affairs

Posted on 05/14/2026 8:40:27 PM PDT by RandFan

"Aria" was 13 years old when she was sexually assaulted by an imam, who told her he was "healing" her.

A respected faith leader at a mosque in East London, Abdul Halim Khan would tell young girls and their parents they needed "curing" from "bad spirits".

After attacking them, he warned the girls that if they told anyone about the abuse, the so-called cure would be undone, they would be cursed, or that harm would come to them and their families from black magic.

"I genuinely believed he had supernatural powers," says Aria, which is not her real name.

She says Khan told her "something really bad would happen to me and my family" if she ever spoke about the abuse. And she wasn't the only one.

Khan abused seven women and girls over 11 years in the same way. His youngest victim was just 12.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/14/2026 8:40:27 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Older than Aisha, and chattel slaves, so no biggie!


2 posted on 05/14/2026 8:43:41 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me, but 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: RandFan

“How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?“

Winston thought. “By making him suffer”, he said.

“Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery is torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but MORE merciless as it refines itself. Progress in our world will be progress towards more pain. The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy – everything. Already we are breaking down the habits of thought which have survived from before the Revolution. We have cut the links between child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman. No one dares trust a wife or a child or a friend any longer. But in the future there will be no wives and no friends. Children will be taken from their mothers at birth, as one takes eggs from a hen. The sex instinct will be eradicated. Procreation will be an annual formality like the renewal of a ration card. We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed.”
― George Orwell, 1984


3 posted on 05/14/2026 8:45:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: RandFan

National Association of Gals could not be reached for comment.


4 posted on 05/14/2026 8:46:18 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me, but 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: RandFan
Khan abused seven women and girls over 11 years.........

Probably ten time that many.

5 posted on 05/14/2026 8:49:43 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: RandFan
A respected faith leader at a mosque in East London, Abdul Halim Khan would tell young girls and their parents they needed "curing" from "bad spirits".

I bet this "bad juju" schtick coming from a self-proclaimed "Imams" works especially well on the low IQ, inbred Pakistanis. Like shooting 9 year-old Aisha's in a barrel.

6 posted on 05/14/2026 8:54:01 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: RandFan

Get it? “Religious affairs”


7 posted on 05/14/2026 9:06:15 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: RandFan

So, was she cured?


8 posted on 05/14/2026 9:08:05 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: RandFan

Try, try, try to understand, he’s a magic man...


9 posted on 05/14/2026 9:21:26 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: sauropod

Bkmk


10 posted on 05/14/2026 9:21:37 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: RandFan

Introducing the child to the “Divine Living Needle”?


11 posted on 05/14/2026 11:37:32 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: RandFan
By the beard of the Prophet !

Alahwahoo rapebar !

Khan is now serving 13 life sentences in the UK with a minimum of 20 years.

Islam treats women worse than dogs.

Boys are not safe either.


Mullah Khan rapist CONVICT:


12 posted on 05/15/2026 2:32:18 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>))
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Dude is black so I will assume he is really a Jamaican Christian who converted. Maybe Nigerian.


13 posted on 05/15/2026 2:38:43 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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Police described the former imam as a “predatory offender” who deliberately used religion, fear and emotional control to silence victims.

During the trial, jurors heard how Khan systematically targeted women and girls who trusted him as a faith leader. Prosecutors argued his respected public image allowed him to operate without suspicion for years.

The offences included:

Nine counts of rape
Five counts of rape of a child under 13
Two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13
Four counts of sexual assault
One count of assault by penetration
Police praise victims for breaking silence
Investigators said the case depended heavily on the courage of victims who eventually decided to speak to police after years of trauma and silence.

The Metropolitan Police said many victims had carried the emotional impact of the abuse for years before feeling able to report what happened. Detectives praised them for helping secure the conviction despite the difficulty of revisiting deeply traumatic experiences.

The case has once again reignited wider conversations in Britain around abuse carried out by authority figures and the dangers of unchecked power within religious or community institutions.


14 posted on 05/15/2026 2:41:19 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: dennisw

He’ll be put away for a long time I trust.


15 posted on 05/15/2026 3:02:56 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

How stupid are these idiot girls?


16 posted on 05/15/2026 3:21:56 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: yldstrk

I am on the thread by accident. I thought it was a Nancy Pelosi article.


17 posted on 05/15/2026 3:50:46 AM PDT by KC Burke
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To: RandFan

Shut down every Mosque.
They are centers of criminal activity and terrorism.

Real Mooselimbs block traffic and pray in the streets


18 posted on 05/15/2026 5:03:49 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: RandFan

Just another Dirty Old imam


19 posted on 05/15/2026 5:35:18 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: RandFan

This story surprises me. Usually Imams are into little boys (I.e. Backa Bazi)


20 posted on 05/15/2026 6:18:40 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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