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The Moral Veil: Professor Jason Arday and the Vulnerability We Refuse to See

Rehana Faisal August 25, 2026 No Comments

My brother and colleague Sufian Sadiq wrote a piece this week that I would ask you to read before you read mine. His argument, published in Tes and in fuller…

FACES Statement on Racially Motivated Sexual Violence and the Rise of Far-Right Activity

Rehana Faisal September 16, 2025 No Comments

We are horrified by the recent racially aggravated rape of a Sikh woman, and we stand in solidarity with her, her family, and the wider Sikh community. This attack is…

FACES Statement on the National Audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation

Rehana Faisal June 22, 2025 No Comments

Faiths Against Child Sexual Exploitation (FACES) is a coalition of Muslim and Christian leaders. Together, we stand united in our commitment to safeguarding all children from harm, working with experts…

Ordinary Men, Monstrous Crimes: How Narratives of Sexual Violence Serve Power

Rehana Faisal February 28, 2025 No Comments

The way we talk about sexual violence—whether in high-profile cases involving individuals such as Dominique Pelicot, or when referring to so-called “grooming gangs”— relies on simplistic binaries. Perpetrators are either…

“Invitation to Brave Space” – Let’s talk about racism

Rehana Faisal March 2, 2019 No Comments

I recently wrote in response to the Quilliam Foundation’s report on child sexual exploitation (CSE). I asserted then, as I continue to do so, that to racialise both victims and…

Shamima Begum: Children, Grooming and Consent

Rehana Faisal February 20, 2019 No Comments

This week, the Times published an article which documented the story of Shamima Begum, one of the three 15-year-old girls from Britain who travelled together to Syria around 4 years…

‘Name it. Shame it. Protect the children’

Rehana Faisal November 21, 2018 No Comments

Maajid Nawaz, self-styled Islamic ‘reformer’ and founder of the Quilliam Foundation recently tweeted: […] Yet more ‘grooming gang’ (racially aggravated gang rape) convictions. Once again, all convicted are of my…

Author: Rehana Faisal

The Moral Veil: Professor Jason Arday and the Vulnerability We Refuse to See

FACES Statement on Racially Motivated Sexual Violence and the Rise of Far-Right Activity

FACES Statement on the National Audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation

Ordinary Men, Monstrous Crimes: How Narratives of Sexual Violence Serve Power

“Invitation to Brave Space” – Let’s talk about racism

Shamima Begum: Children, Grooming and Consent

‘Name it. Shame it. Protect the children’