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Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell looks at the Muslim community now confronting the possibility of child abuse The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain has launched a pro-active approach to child protection that shows some political imagination and courage.

The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain has launched a pro-active approach to child protection that shows some political imagination and courage.

This child protection programme is the outcome of months of consultation among Muslims worried - but often too afraid to speak out - that children are at risk of abuse in the faith-based out-of-school settings that are proliferating.

According to the document published last week, it is estimated that there are about 700 madrasas operating in Britain, teaching 100,000 children.

The Muslim Parliament believes that children in this expanding network should be entitled to the same conditions of respect and physical, sexual and emotional safety as they should expect in the state sector under the Children Act.

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