"stop raping white girls" graffiti found next to a mosque

you do know there are white muslims right?

And of course the tiny minority exception to the rule in validates all arguments right? Typical lefty.

Someone has to put Muslims in their place.

Someone has to put Muslims in their place.

I'm sure rape is as prevalent within Muslim communities as it is in "white communities" or any other community for that matter. Humans, whatever their religion or beliefs, are often cruel and rape is certainly not an incident that can be attributed to a certain subset of the population. Statistics concerning rape isn't exactly convincing when you consider how hard it is to gather factual data, rape often needs to be reported and in communities where family is important this can often be discouraged.

Out of all the ways to promote a message, graffiti such as this, is a very poor way to encourage healthy discussion.

If the Ministry of Justice published statistics about the ethnicity and nationality of convicted rapists would that constitute convincing evidence?

Your second point is relevant, and you would expect ethnic communities to have fewer rape convictions, but that is simply not the case. In my experience, most people convicted of rape and human trafficking (ie might involve kidnapping and forced prostitution) are from ethnic backgrounds, or from outside of the UK altogether.

But of course that's due to institutionalised racism in the justice system not because they commit more crimes

/sarcasm

Yes of course. My argument is that the 'muslim-pigs' associated with the rapes however generally come from non-white cultures (ie Pakistani) where there is a different value system attached to women.

And you're applying to study law...that's worrying.

I can't comment on statistics of the MoJ as I haven't seen any. Would these statistics also correlate nationality/ethnicity of attacker with that of the victim?

I think there is a point to be made that rape might be more prevalent within certain ethnic communities, for various reasons. This fact itself is rather uninteresting unless you consider why we have a disparity; I would argue that the cause might be explained through understanding societal values and mindsets of said communities.

My point wasn't that there definitely isn't any difference in the statistics but rather that its difficult to take statistics as facts in these circumstances. For example, there could be many reasons as to why one subset is found more likely to be involved in rape e.g. are Caucasian woman more likely to report rape from a man of another ethnic background? Are the police more likely to discourage a woman from officially reporting a rape if performed by a Caucasian man?

I do not know whether the Ministry of Justice logs the ethnicity and nationality of victims. I am also unsure whether there is ever an explicit connection made between the offender and victim. I suggest not because different law-enforcement jobs are entrusted to different agencies and organisations within the justice umbrella, and it would be of little use to make such connections when you factor in local circumstances. For example, there might be a higher proportion of white victims in urban areas simply because there are more ethnic minorities in urban areas. These commit a disproportionally high amount of crime. But that does not suggest their crime is racially motivated, which I think was your point, and I agree with you.

My perspective comes from the prison service (and a little bit of the probation service). I deal with things as a matter of fact (i.e. your points about the police and the reporting of rape are less relevant to me). If rape is not reported or the person is not prosecuted then it is not rape from a legal perspective, no matter what the weaknesses of the justice system are. I am not suggesting that the points you raise are unimportant, but rather you cannot claim the statistics that do exist are not facts, because they are epistemologically and methodologically sound. This is the sort of dishonest argument put forward by feminist political groups who almost seem to suggest that there are not enough men sentenced for rape, without acknowledging the real legal and pragmatic issues involved.

Hardly racist, typical our country misusing the wrong words. We'll have newspeak before long, when free thought will be equated to racism, or something nuttier like rape or murder. Bring on the fascism, clearly most of the country wants it unless it's addition to our laws was done undemocratically.

Also, why isn't the stereotype of paedophillic Catholic priests considered racist? At least have some consistency you joke of a country.