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Rape
By Aisha Ahmed
Kano Jan. 3, 2017 (NAN) A Kano-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ibrahim Abdurrahman, has decried the rising rate of rape cases in the society, and urged community leaders to be “very vigilant”.
The scholar, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Kano on Tuesday, also challenged parents of female children to “show more interest in what the girls wear”.
“Rape cases are on the rise and they pose a serious threat to the society; they are major point of concern to parents.
“The worst victims are the young girls that hawk their wares on the streets.
“These girls often dress indecently and that has made them more vunerable,” he said.
The scholar pointed out that not all men could resist the sights of such young girls, “especially the young men, who are just growing up”.
He said that the society must stand against the menace, and explained that the situation would change “if society gets more vigillant, identify the culprits and made sure they are severely punished”.
Abdulrahman also charged parents to take more interest in the moral rectitude of their children, “especially the need to draw a line between wrong and right.” (NAN)
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