Whether they are documented or undocumented. Whether they are citizens or new arrivals. Whether they are Muslim, ex-Muslim or Christian. But it is those who commit crimes that must be prosecuted and held accountable for sexual violence. Nor are all beliefs and cultural practices equal or equally valid. This is not to say that migrants are collectively good just as they are not collectively bad. To show this, she relies on statistics she herself admits are ‘fraught with difficulty’ whilst also acknowledging that police in most European countries, including the UK, do not record perpetrator migration status or religion. Nonetheless, Hirsi Ali insists there a causal relationship between increased migration and increased sexual violence. The common denominator of the sexual violence pandemic is not men from Muslim-majority countries but men who commit sexual violence and the states that fail, again and again, to hold them to account. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĭespite the numbers, violence against women is ignored not because of ‘political correctness’ as Hirsi Ali states, but because it is hardly taken seriously – no matter who commits the crime.ĭiscriminatory rape laws, weak enforcement, lack of investigations and prosecutions, low reporting of rape due to distrust, austerity measures shrinking access to justice, lenient sentencing, victim blaming, and limited consent-based legislation are some of the reasons that perpetrators – whether they are grooming gangs, wolf-pack rapists or priests - do not face justice.

Prey by Ayaan Hirsi Ali