Asian children in East Lancashire are less likely to be in foster care (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Salim Mulla, chairman of Lancashire Council of Mosques and a borough councillor in Blackburn with Darwen, said he was not surprised by the statistics.

“In our community the majority of people tend to have a large extended family,” he said.

“So within the community, extended family members often take on the additional responsibility of looking after their relatives’ children without even thinking about it.

Well Mr Mulla, that is called unofficial fostering which makes a mockery of the figures being presented.

Another reason for the quantity difference might be Mr Mulla & Co active use of Sharia Law to sort out family matters and hiding causes for concern from the relevant authorities.

Just a thought.

Where was that asian twin baby's extended family when she needed it Mr Mulla?

Answer: Too busy covering its own tracks!

Hypocrite!

The thief opens his mouth about morals, I'm not suprised the more kids you can claim for, the pot just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I think its about time all were DNA tested to cut out multiple claimants for the same child, another good earner, beats crash for cash every day of the week, regular income.

Salim Mulla, chairman of Lancashire Council of Mosques and a borough councillor in Blackburn with Darwen, said he was not surprised by the statistics.

“In our community the majority of people tend to have a large extended family,” he said.

Just what Blackburn needs, a separatist Councillor. At least he has publicly admitted he lives in a different community to non Muslims.

Blackburn Council should be working to make the town one community.

The figures for Looked after children may also show that people from asian communities are less likely to report abuse to social services or other professionals.

In the British Journal of Social Work (2006), Philip Gilligan (a lecturer in social work at the University of Bradford) and Shamim Akhtar (who is the co-ordinator of Project Jyoti at Bradford Rape Crisis) report that there is an apparent under-reporting of child sexual abuse in Britain’s Asian communities and a varied capacity amongst professionals to respond with cultural competence.

Members of Asian communities are aware of child abuse, they recognize that the issue needs to be addressed by all communities and they report that many of those affected within their own communities have found it difficult to access relevant services. Consultations,
and other reports show that Asian women’s fears about how agencies will respond, are frequently made worse by the impact of cultural obligations arising from izzat (honour/respect), haya (modesty) and sharam (shame/embarrassment
), which have a considerable influence
on how many will behave.

Gilligan and Akhtar also reported that there was a lack of appropriate vocabulary in Asian languages to describe sexual abuse. There is often a need to overcome the view that child sexual abuse is a ‘western’ phenomenon, found largely, if not exclusively, in white communities.

Molly Garboden 2010 reported in "Community Care" that Improved practice by social workers has contributed to a near-halving of the number of child abuse-related deaths in England and Wales since 1974, according to a report from Bournemouth University.

NSPCC child homocide statistics states that
•On average, every week in England and Wales at least one child is killed at the hands of another person.
•On average, in England and Wales, one baby is killed every 20 days.

There aren't any stats that distinguish by race or cultural heritage. But abuse knows no bounds.

Rehna Azim writing in the
guardian.co.uk, 2007 reports that NSPCC Asian Helpline Manager, Saleha Islam says: "Child abuse happens in all communities and there is no evidence that it is greater amongst British Asians. However, cultural issues and the importance placed on family reputation could mean that it is being hidden away."

Azim also reports that "As a barrister specialising in child care law I have to agree.

An Asian child who suffers abuse is likely to be hit with a triple whammy:

1. A family desperate to preserve its izzat that closes ranks against an investigation

2. A community that seeks to sweep the unpleasantness under the carpet.

3. Investigating authorities such as social services and the police that are hampered in their ability to protect by political correctness."

Everybody tries to hide abuse including child abuse.

We all need to be vigilant and robust to report child abuse and neglect because children are helpless and dependant upon all caring adults.

wow Cathan2

So many cuttings and pasting's to say what in essence as already been said.

as long as multicultuarism is being actively promoted scum like mad mullah will continue to have a voice

Salim Mulla...resign you halfwit because I for one am sick to death of your 'do as I say, not as we do attitude'.

The utter tosh he spouts....asian communities always support one another in an hour of need??? Hardly, too frightened to go outside a community that shields those that abuse or worse. It is fact that a huge majority of Asian people are terrified of being shunned by their families.

Why is it the LET always asks this muppet for a comment regarding things that he has no *loody idea about?? Get a comment from someone within the services that do know & stop subjecting us to this mans inane drivel! Clearly a man who will comment on the opening of an envelope providing its gets into the LET.

Ok,so we're was the little 13yr olds family that has just sadly died in a Darwin children's home alone ?