The following is a true incident that happened. It was reported
in a local paper in Rochdale (A town, northeast of Manchester), of a
young woman who was raped in a small dark alley (a narrow passage
between buildings) one evening.
On a separate evening around the same time, a young Muslim girl was
walking home from college. Aware that it was getting dark fast, she
wanted to get home as soon as possible, so her mother would not be
worrying about her being outside alone at night.
The young Muslim
girl faced a dilemma. To take the short-cut down the same alleyway to
avoid getting home after dark, or to take the longer route and have her
mother worrying herself sick about her daughters safety.
Conscious
of the time, she takes the alleyway. While the girl is walking she sees
a rather sinister and dark figure of a man walking towards her from the
other end. As her pace quickens, she begins to read
Ayat-ul-kursi for her safety.
The man, he makes eye contact but carries on walking.
When
the young Muslim girl reaches home she tells her family about this
sinister looking man, they advise her to contact the police, after
having read the newspaper article some time before. When she contacts
the police they ask her to give a physical description of the man. It
matches the description the rape victim had given.
Some days
later the young Muslim girl receives a phone call from the police,
asking her if she would come down to the police station to identify the
man in a line up. Both the rape victim and the Muslim girl pick out the
same man.
The police are confused; they ask the rapist why he attacked one girl and not the other.
In
reference to the Muslim girl, he replies ‘why would I attack her? when
she was walking with two huge men on either side of her?’
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