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India-Pakistan
20 students 'rescued' from seminary
2007-03-21
MUZAFFARGARH: Kotadu Police freed 20 children from a religious seminary where some of them were being kept in fetters in Hala village on Monday and arrested the person in charge of the seminary on charges of sexually abusing the children. “We raided a madrassa and found 20 children there, 10 of whom were in fetters, and have registered a case of sexual harassment against the teacher, Qari Ghulam Rasul, on the complaint of two of the children,” Muzaffargarh District Police Officer Rai Tahir told reporters.

He said that five-year-old Ziaur Rehman and six-year-old Ishaq had told police that Ghulam Rasul had subjected them to sexual abuse, adding that another student, Irfan (15), had said that he had earlier tried to run away from the seminary after coming to know that Ghulam Rasul abused children but was recaptured and forced to live there. However, students Muhammad Idrees (16) and Muhammad Bilal (17) denied the charges of sexual abuse against Ghulam Rasul and said that Irfan was an “absconding” student.
Posted by:Fred

#5  I wonder if dark age justice will be far behind for the Teacher.

Or, better yet, close behind.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-21 20:20  

#4  In case anyone was wonder what a fetter is.
Fetters

Reading this story was like a trip into the dark ages. I wonder if dark age justice will be far behind for the Teacher. At least the authorities had the sense to remove these kids. Or act on a kids accusations.

Maybe in this part of the world, there is still a sense of sensibiility.
Posted by: Delphi2005   2007-03-21 14:17  

#3  "10 of whome were in fetters"

It seems to me that the lessons of islam were being taught correctly, so what was the problem?
Posted by: flash91   2007-03-21 10:49  

#2  More sex going on in those things than the catholic church ever had.
Posted by: newc   2007-03-21 09:06  

#1  20 students 'rescued' from inseminary

There, fixed that.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-21 02:04  

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