PART 2
It is deeply troubling that many leading individuals involved in the inquiry went on to become public advocates for Restore, raising serious questions about motive, integrity, and transparency.
As Muslim women, we are often told that we do not speak up. The reality is that when we do, we are not supported and are instead sidelined if we do not align with the narrative being presented. We are used to fill numbers, meet quotas, and then silenced, just as I have been.
We are spoken on behalf of by those who seek to use our abuse and trauma to further their own agendas and public image. One minute we are called victims of Pakistani grooming gangs; the next, it is said that Pakistani men do not target Muslim women and children because they respect us too much. What is never allowed to be brought to public attention is that there are Pakistani Muslim child sexual exploitation survivors, like myself, who are victims of white grooming gangs.
The hate comments I have received from Rupert Lowe’s Restore Party members have left me deeply troubled by the hostility, racism and exclusion I have faced since I have publicly spoken about my experiences at the hands of his Rape Gang Inquiry.
Comments stating that I "didn't fit the narrative" because the focus was on white victims reinforce the perception that some Restore supporters believe survivors like me have less value, less credibility, or less right to participate because of our race, ethnicity, or faith.
Sexual abuse affects people from all backgrounds, and Muslim survivors deserve the same respect, dignity, and voice as anyone else. The comments I have received, as despicable as they are, have only strengthened my concern that some people believe survivors should be divided by race, rather than united by our shared experiences.
I have also been subjected to attacks on my Muslim faith. Disagreeing with me is one thing; suggesting that because of my faith I do not belong in this conversation because I am Muslim, is another. Such attitudes are divisive, discriminatory, and harmful.
Abuse has no colour. Pain has no colour. Trauma has no colour. Every survivor's voice matters, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or background.
As Muslim survivors, when we speak up and put ourselves at risk to expose what is being done to us and to other Muslim women, we do so that our voices can be heard. We have to be open about who we are as a means of protecting ourselves. Muslim women and girls do not stay silent to remain in the shadows; we speak out despite the risks because silence never changes situations in our communities. We have no support and must identify who we are to create change and that is why I have waived my anonymity.
Therefore, any narrative conveyed by the Rape Gang Inquiry that Muslim children have not been abused or that Muslim survivors have been included is misleading. As a Muslim victim, it is my experience that I was not only lied to, in order to cover up my Child Sexual Exploitation and cases against a Conservative Party member, but I believe I was then deplatformed to protect the very authorities they claim to want to expose.
I am speaking up in the public interest because remaining silent risks leaving countless other Muslim victims and survivors trapped in a devastating cycle of abuse and danger. We cannot afford the cost of silence. The public, who financially contributed to this Inquiry, have an absolute right to know the truth of what I have been subjected to.
I have documented my experience in MP Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry, included supporting evidence of my participation and published my story in a public statement on my X profile.
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