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𝐀 𝟏𝟎-𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐊 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 “𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆” 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄⁠⁠⁠Her name was 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟. Ten years old. M*rd*red by her father and stepmother.⁠⁠⁠Social workers and teachers 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. They were afraid to question it because of her “Pakistani heritage.” 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.⁠⁠⁠That cowardice cost a little girl her life.⁠⁠⁠A family-court judge — ignoring her father’s record of violence and multiple arrests — handed him custody anyway. A year later, police found Sara’s body with 𝟗𝟔 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬.⁠⁠⁠𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 “𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.”⁠⁠⁠And now Labour wants to 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧 “𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐰” that would make it even harder to speak up — to criminalize the very questions that could’ve saved this child’s life.⁠⁠⁠𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 “𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 “𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.”⁠⁠⁠No “cultural sensitivity” justifies looking the other way while a child is tortured to death.⁠⁠⁠𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 — 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.⁠⁠⁠Video link in the first comment.Video link: https://x.com/MichaelARothman/status/198942728470569391