If you’re wondering why it’s relevant to call this a muslim grooming gang (83-90% muslim) and why we wouldn’t apply the same label to some random gang which happens to be majority Christian: The reason is the perpetrators’ muslim identity was central to the crimes. These men specifically targeted non-muslim girls, particularly white British ones, because they viewed them as inferior “kuffar” (infidels) whom they could exploit. And they purposefully did not systematically abuse muslim girls in the same way. There was a very clear criteria for their targets and religion was a significant part of who the rapists were and who their victims were. And these victims were often dehumanized with slurs like “white slag” and “kuffar,” a mix of racial contempt and religious supremacism. Ignoring the religious element erases the full context of what was done to these girls and why it was allowed to continue for so long.