Daily Times
July 7, 2021
Given our chequered history with cases of sexual abuse, it was pleasantly surprised to see Mufti Aziz behind bars after a video of him molesting his student made rounds on media. Justice seemed to be making some headway. Finally. But even before the fireworks went up, the tale seems to have taken some mysterious turns.
Clearly, it was too much to hope for the government to finally put its foot down and deal with the matter of child abuse in religious seminaries; something that is always brushed under the carpet out of fear of accused clerics invoking religious sentiments of their students and followers to muddy the waters and even cause harm to their accusers more than anything else. However, since this episode of a very senior mufti blackmailing and sexually molesting a madrassa student for years came with video proof and a solid confession, the government’s lack of support is all the more tragic.
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