On Monday night I watched the BBC Inside Out programme on
Sikh girls being groomed by Muslim men.
I don’t watch television, but first one cousin sent me a
message to “Watch BBC 1 now”, then another cousin had posted “Check out Inside
Out on BBC 1 now!!!” as her Facebook status and then my dad called me to tell
me that I should watch it. The contact
from my cousin and father were because they were aware I was concerned about a
Sikh friend’s daughter who is a minor and has been involved with a Muslim boy
and there is cause for concern. So, I
found a repeat of the show online.
I don’t have any doubts that this type of grooming takes
place; whether it is as pervasive as some of the people interviewed in the show
believe, I cannot say. But coming from
the Sikh community, I honestly believe there is much that it can do to help their daughters if they experience this type of grooming and
from even becoming victims of this in the first place.
