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Muslims condemn grooming

Hundreds of mosques across the UK are delivered sermons to hundreds of thousands of Muslims condemning street grooming by gangs. Imams and religious leaders will highlight how the Koran condemns all forms of sexual indecency.

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Sermon on tackling grooming 'very important'

Policing Minister Damian Green MP. Credit: PA

A sermon delivered to congregations in around 500 UK mosques tackling street grooming by gangs has been deemed as "very important" by Policing Minister Damian Green.

Mr Green wrote on his website: “It reminds people that the vast majority, the overwhelming majority, of British Muslims, condemn child sexual abuse as strongly as any other group in modern Britain".

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