Everyday thousands of children are being sexually abused. You can stop the abuse of at least one child by simply praying. You can possibly stop the abuse of thousands of children by forwarding the link in First Time Visitor? by email, Twitter or Facebook to every Christian you know. Save a child or lots of children!!!! Do Something, please!

3:15 PM prayer in brief:
Pray for God to stop 1 child from being molested today.
Pray for God to stop 1 child molestation happening now.
Pray for God to rescue 1 child from sexual slavery.
Pray for God to save 1 girl from genital circumcision.
Pray for God to stop 1 girl from becoming a child-bride.
If you have the faith pray for 100 children rather than one.
Give Thanks. There is more to this prayer here

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Thursday, 25 September 2025

Islam Down Under > Muslim mother beats, chains 21 y/o daughter for refusing to marry cousin

 

Islamic fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins are the most likely to perform honour killings, but short of murder, mothers are often the most vicious in meting out punishments to daughters.


Australia: Muslim mother beats daughter against metal wall, chains her neck because she refused to marry cousin


Honor violence is rampant in Islam, given the inferior status of women (See HERE and HERE), sanctioned by the Sharia. As Robert Spencer has explained:

In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.” (18:80-81)

And according to Islamic law, “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.” (Reliance of the Traveller o1.1-2).

And in Islam, it isn’t forbidden to marry one’s first cousin:

Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your father’s sisters, and your mother’s sisters, and your brother’s daughters and your sister’s daughters, and your foster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your mothers-in-law, and your stepdaughters who are under your protection, of your women to whom you have gone in, but if you have not gone in to them, then it is no sin for you, and the wives of your sons from your own loins. (Qur’an 4:23)

“Rhonda” is a voiceless victim, like all too many women who have suffered at the hands of Sharia adherents. In Britain, the problem is even worse than it is in Australia. With the proliferation Sharia courts in the UK (which is sanctioning the human rights abuses that align with Sharia,) and its open migration policies, the silent torture of women is likely much more commonplace than most people realize. A Sharia court recently handed down a sentence approving of honor killing, and another ordered a traumatized woman to return to her abusive rapist husband.

Mother Enam Hmeed is accused of beating daughter after she refused to marry cousin – as cops allegedly find chain padlocked around the young woman’s neck

Australian Associated Press, September 24, 2025:

A woman allegedly beaten against a concrete wall by her mother for not marrying her first cousin will never set foot in the family home again, a court has been told.

Enam Hmeed, 45, and her husband Mohamed Al-Fadhli were arrested in April after police allegedly discovered their daughter Rhonda in their convenience store in western NSW with a metal chain padlocked around her neck.

Police allege Hmeed and Al-Fadhli assaulted their 21-year-old daughter on separate occasions after finding out she was still in contact with her boyfriend, who had asked the parents for permission to marry her.

The marriage proposal had been refused because the father wanted his eldest daughter to marry his brother’s son – the woman’s first cousin – in an arranged marriage, police say.

After discovering Rhonda on the phone with her boyfriend, Hmeed allegedly grabbed her daughter by the hair and hit her head against a concrete wall multiple times.

The mother is also accused of biting her daughter and attacking her with a garden hose.

Al-Fadhli allegedly travelled nearly 400km back to the family’s shop in Dubbo from Sydney Airport after hearing from his wife about the secret phone call…..

Rhonda should marry her boyfriend if they are so inclined and move away from NSW and never see her family again. Otherwise, they will pretend to want her back and when she comes to them they will kill both Rhonda and her boyfriend. That is what Muslims call honour-killing. There are many such stories on this blog.

 

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Sunday, 24 August 2025

CSA Down Under > Australia's first public child sex offender registry coming; Gym shut down, owner charged with CSA in Queensland

 

Australia FINALLY getting a public registry of child sex offenders: Parents will be able to check images and details


A new register of child sexual abuse offenders promises to give children greater protections.

The new laws will be introduced to Queensland parliament this week, delivering on a key election commitment of the Crisafulli liberal government.

Known as 'Daniel's Law', named after 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe, who was abducted while waiting for a bus in 2003 and murdered, the register will establish a three tier system for publicly reporting information.

It will mean Queenslanders will be able to access a searchable database and apply for images of child sex offenders who live in their area.

Images and details of offenders who have failed to comply with their reporting obligations and whose whereabouts are unknown will also be available through a publicly available website.

Additionally, parents will be able to apply to police to find out whether someone having unsupervised contact with their child is a reportable offender.

The scheme will be administered by Queensland Police with safeguards put in place to prevent the misuse of information, the government said.

Premier David Crisafulli made the announcement at the Liberal National Party annual convention in Brisbane on Sunday, saying the law change will 'arm parents with information to make decisions for the safety of their children'.

A Daily Mail Australia mock-up of how an online child sex offender list could look, including some of the most well known offenders in Australia

A Daily Mail Australia mock-up of how an online child sex offender list could look, including some of the most well known offenders in Australia 

Premier David Crisafulli made the announcement at the Liberal National Party annual convention in Brisbane on Sunday

Premier David Crisafulli made the announcement at the Liberal National Party annual convention in Brisbane on Sunday


'Monsters cannot be allowed to lurk in the darkness, Daniel's Law will help protect children who can't protect themselves,' he told reporters on Sunday.

'Everything we do is about driving down the number of victims of crime and this will help prevent innocent children falling prey to predators.'

More details are set to be released in the coming days.

The proposal for the register has been controversial.

Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Michael Cope said the new law could do more harm than good as offenders names are often concealed to protect their victims.

'The Council accepts that it is a fundamental human right of all persons particularly children to be protected from sexual assault. However, proposals such as Daniel's law are most likely to have the opposite effect and do harm to innocent people such as victims,' he said earlier this year.

'Given that the overwhelming majority of sex offenders are known to or related to their victims, the first people likely to be harmed by the publication of the names of sex offenders are the victims who may well be identified.'

Mr Cope said laws that focus on stranger danger could also create a false sense of security with familiar people, which may expose children to risk.

He also pointed towards public registers of sex offenders such as Megan's Law in the United States which have yielded mixed results in whether they lead to significant reductions in recidivism.

Getting Erin's Law passed and taught in schools addresses the issue with predators being known to the victim by teaching what is good-touch and bad-touch; who to tell and how to tell, and that 90% of abusers are known to their victims.

Erin’s law has been passed in 38 states in the US, Ontario, Canada and Kerala, India.





Skybound Gymnastics owner and coach Wei Jun Lee charged with sexual abuse of teenager

The club has now been closed.



A gymnastics club owner and coach has been charged with the sexual abuse of a teenager, with the sports’ governing body announcing the immediate closure of the Gold Coast gym.

Wei Jun Lee, 32, allegedly sexually touched a teenager in a hotel in NSW earlier this year.

The teenager attended Skybound Gymnastics in Burleigh Heads which was run by Lee.

Police began investigating the alleged incident in June.

On Thursday Lee was extradited to Sydney and charged with intentionally sexually touching a child over 10 and under 16 years.

In a statement Gymnastics Australia and Gymnastics Queensland said it was aware of the investigation and that a provisional action had been issued against Lee.

Skybound Gymnastics would be ceasing all operations “effective immediately”, the statement said.

“The safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our sport is our highest priority.”

“Gymnastics in Australia has zero tolerance for any behaviours that puts members or children at risk.

“We are committed to upholding the highest standards of safeguarding and integrity across all levels of sport.”

Wei Jun Lee, 32. Credit: 7NEWS

Originally from Wellington, New Zealand, Lee set up Skybound Gymnastics in 2019 after moving to Queensland from NSW.

There he worked as a tumbling program leader at Sydney Gymnastics and Aquatics Centre for a year and a half before running the gymnastics program at PCYC Auburn in Lidcombe.

A testimonial on the Skybound Gymnastics website described Lee as an “incredibly talented, natural coach, who is always willing to contribute his creative and innovative coaching methods into any gymnastics discipline”.

Skybound Gymnastics offered classes and holiday camps for children aged 2 to 18.

The gym described itself as a “community-focused” club that was “revolutionising the sport of tumbling and trampolining in Queensland”.

Lee was refused bail and appeared in Bail Division Court 7 on Friday.

He was formally refused bail to appear before Blacktown Local Court on Monday.



Tuesday, 19 August 2025

CSA Down Under > Home for Special Needs Children - Melbourne; Training School for Boys - NSW

 

Staff member at Endeavour Hills Specialist School charged with child sex abuse against teenager

An entrance to a building

The special needs school in Endeavour Hills currently has over 200 student enrolments. (Endeavour Hills Specialist School)


A staffer at the Endeavour Hills Specialist School in Melbourne's south-east has been charged with child sexual abuse offences.

In a letter to parents and carers, the school's principal said the charges related to Roshelle Kassaban education support staff member employed at the school since January.

"I acknowledge that this notification may trigger a range of emotions, and that it will impact people in different ways," the letter read.

"Our student wellbeing team is available if your child is impacted by this news or any possible conversations about it by students on or outside of school grounds."

The letter did not specify what the alleged offences were or whether they took place at the school.

In a statement, Victoria Police said a 34-year-old Berwick woman had been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager and involving a child in the production of child abuse material.

It was alleged the offences occurred between May and August.

Police said the woman was interviewed and charged last week, and was released on bail to appear at the Dandenong Magistrates Court on December 10.

Opened in 2022, Endeavour Hills Specialist School serves students with special needs, including intellectual disabilities and autism, from the ages of 5 to 18.

The school had 225 students enrolled according to its latest census from August last year.

A Department of Education spokesperson said the reports were concerning but did not comment further citing an ongoing police investigation.

"Our current priority is to ensure full support is available to any students or staff impacted," the spokesperson said.

Ms Kassab is no longer working at Endeavour Hills Specialist School.




Late former Central Coast mayor Laurie Maher linked to child sex abuse civil claims


Elderly Caucasian-looking man, slight smile, teeth showing, thinning hair combed back, grey temples, suit, tie, blue background.

Former Gosford mayor and homelessness campaigner Laurie Maher died on May 4. (Facebook: Central Coast Council)


The death of an accused paedophile, who had once been a respected community leader, has left behind scores of alleged victims who are suing over historical sexual abuse they say they suffered at a notorious boys' home he once ran on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Laurie Maher, 86, was most widely known as a tireless crusader against homelessness and domestic violence, founding what is today one of the largest homelessness charities in NSW — Coast Shelter.

Mr Maher served numerous terms on the former Gosford City Council, was mayor for four years and in 2010 awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his service to the community.

He was never convicted of abuse, but died in May, awaiting a retrial on charges of buggery and indecent assault involving two boys.

The charges related to his time as the long-time superintendent of the Mount Penang Training School for Boys near Gosford, where many former detainees claim he sexually abused them during the 1970s and 1980s.

Mt Penang was among several state-run reform centres for "troubled" teenage boys who were convicted of varying offences.

 A faded colour image of a brown roofed building surrounded by a verandah with a garden at the front.

Mount Penang training school for boys was a state-run home at Kariong, near Gosford. (Supplied: Museums of History New South Wales)

Royal commission leads to charges

The ABC is aware of at least 100 civil child sex abuse claims dating back to when Mr Maher ran the Mount Penang Training School for Boys.

Allegations about the former superintendent's offending began to surface at the time of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse between 2013 and 2017.

The royal commission did not directly examine Mt Penang. However the ABC understands 18 private submissions were received about Laurie Maher, which triggered a police investigation in 2016.

Mr Maher was arrested in 2020 and charged with 13 offences against six boys.

By the time the case reached a District Court trial in 2022, he stood accused of eight child sex abuse charges involving four boys spanning a 10-year period.

Elderly man wearing a black face mask, glassed and suite and tie, walks forward with his head down, glass door behind.

Laurie Maher outside the Sydney District Court in 2022, where he stood trial over historical child sex abuse. (ABC News: Jake Lapham)

He was acquitted of six charges, but the jury was hung on the remaining two and a retrial was set down for September 2025.

Mr Maher unsuccessfully sought to halt the retrial in 2024 when he engaged high-profile barrister Margaret Cunneen to seek a permanent stay on proceedings due to his "old age and poor health".

Tony’s story

Tony, who did not want to use his real name, said it took decades to confront his past experiences at Mount Penang, where he found himself in the late 1980s, after he was caught stealing a car stereo system.

He said he was trying to feed and clothe his two younger siblings, who had been living with him in the roof cavity of a small building in Sydney for several years to escape violence at home.

At 16, Tony was sent to Mount Penang and placed under the care of Mr Maher, who he said sexually abused him on two separate occasions.

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Laurie Maher was in charge of Kariong's Mount Penang Training School for Boys in the 1970s and 80s. (Supplied: Museums of History New South Wales)

Tony alleged he was forced to perform oral sex on the superintendent — the first time he described being "trapped in a shed" with him, while the next time, he recalled being summoned to his office.

"Laurie Maher was a monster to me,"
he said.

"My life was ruined from the age of 16 because of him."

Tony described living in fear after being told by Mr Maher "to keep his mouth shut", barely sleeping in the large dormitory he shared with about 40 other boys.

"You'd hear screaming at night," he recalled.

A black and white image of a large, stark room with three rows of wrought iron beds, ceiling has exposed rafters.

The Mount Penang Training School for Boys was among several "notorious" state-run reform centres. (Supplied: Museums of History New South Wales)

After what he described as a life of homelessness, addiction, insomnia and crippling flashbacks, Tony started to receive the medical and psychological support he needed — and the strength to "speak out" — after accessing community housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tony successfully sued the state in 2024 over the abuse he suffered while in detention in the late 1980s.

Mounting civil cases

In a private statement to the royal commission from a former detainee of various state-run homes, Mount Penang was described "more like a jail than a home [and] the boys who lived there referred to it as 'the Pound'."

Lawyer Michelle Martin, who represents almost a dozen former Mount Penang detainees, said one client told her about "being punched and hit and flogged by Laurie Maher."

A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair with a light blue shirt and dark jacket in front of a bookshelf.

Michelle Martin has represented numerous former Mount Penang detainees. (Supplied)

"And Maher burning him with cigarettes," she said.

"This man still [has] the marks on his forearms today, decades later."
A black and white image of four teenagers with piles of bricks in the foreground.

A former detainee described Mount Penang as being "more like a jail than a home". (Supplied: Museums of History New South Wales)

The ABC has confirmed 59 of more than 100 claims across several law firms involving Mr Maher at Mount Penang have been settled against the State of NSW, amounting to millions of dollars paid to clients.

As part of the settlement agreements, confidentiality clauses have been attached to compensation details, as is common practice, and the state settled "without admission" of liability.

The NSW Department of Communities and Justice declined to respond to written questions from the ABC and denied a Freedom of Information request about the total number of settled claims relating to child sexual abuse allegations at Mount Penang, those naming Laurie Maher, or how much money had so far been paid.

In a statement, the department acknowledged it had a duty of care to detainees at Mount Penang to take reasonable care "in the performance of its powers and functions".

Colour aerial image of buildings and a large sports oval 1982.

Mount Penang Training School for Boys was officially opened in the mid-1940s. (ABC Archives)

A Department of Community and Justice spokesperson said the department "acknowledges the impact of abuse" and "respectfully works with victim-survivors and their legal representatives to resolve claims as quickly as possible in a trauma-informed way".

They said New South Wales had adopted a "significant number of reforms" over recent decades "to improve child safety in institutional — and other — contexts".

The department said it now had a "robust Working with Children Check scheme" as well as carer authorisation screening to ensure those in all child-facing roles "are suitable and do not pose a risk to children".

Civil cases 'painful'

As part of his settlement, Tony insisted on a personal apology from a department official.

"I cried for an hour and a half," he recalled.

"It was something I needed for myself. It acknowledged it wasn't my fault."

Tony insisted his claim was not about chasing "dirty money", but rather an acknowledgement such abuse should not have happened to him.

Personal injury lawyer Alessandra Pettit, who represents institutional abuse survivors, agreed.

"The tough-looking blokes are here for the kid that they were and they're here to stand up for the kid that couldn't stand up for themselves,"
she said.
A serious-looking woman with glasses and dark shoulder length hair with brick wall in background, mole on upper lip.

Alessandra Pettit says many victim-survivors only find the courage to talk when they are older. (Supplied)

While the threshold of proof in a civil case was lower than that in a criminal matter, Ms Pettit said there was a "serious amount of work that went into preparing a civil claim properly".

"It's really painful [for the complainant/alleged victim]," she said.

"Their entire life is put under a microscope and examined."

Case unresolved

While the criminal case against Laurie Maher was officially closed in July this year, dozens of civil claims filed against the state in relation to his alleged offending continue being processed.

For Tony, the success of his legal action has meant his life is "becoming easier".

"It took years for my voice to be heard," he said.

"I'm starting slowly to enjoy waking up each day."

 


Mt Penang, NSW