Muslim communities in parts of Britain have a “cultural” problem that has allowed Asian men to view women as commodities to be abused, Sajid Javid, the Culture Secretary, has said.

Mr Javid told The Telegraph that some of the values in certain communities were “totally unacceptable in British society” and must be discussed by the Government.

Mr Javid, the son of a Muslim bus driver, said a “misplaced sense of political correctness” prevented police and social workers from “properly investigating” claims of abuse.

His comments follow inquiries into sexual abuse by Asian men in Rochdale, Rotherham and Oxford. The scandals saw hundreds of vulnerable young girls fall into the hands of gangs because the authorities failed to protect them, often because police and social workers were fearful of being presented as racist.

Mr Javid said: “Well, first of all the perpetrators were disproportionately Asian Muslim men, and I absolutely think there has been a misplaced sense of political correctness that prevented authorities, whether social workers or police, from properly investigating what was going on.

“If we are to learn proper lessons from this, we have to look at the cultural side of some communities in Britain and see why it is that in some communities there are men that have a view of women that is completely unacceptable in modern British society; why do they have such a low value of women that they see them as commodities to be abused?”

The Culture Secretary, who is seen as a future leader of the Conservative Party, said the authorities had to “get to the bottom of this” and emphasised that “we have to look at the cultural aspects of it”. He urged communities to look into “what might be going on that we don’t know about”.

Mr Javid added: “We can no longer be held back in any sense by political correctness. I know plenty of people, British Muslims, men and women, who would 100 per cent agree with that, not only out of a sense of shame but also because of the fear of what else might be going on.

“Some of the values that certain people in some communities have, in their attitudes to women or on the question of freedom of expression, are just totally unacceptable in British society; and we do no one any favours when we don’t investigate or talk about them.”

So are they talking about Arabs or Asians? I remember you guys stopped referring to Arabs as Arabs a while back for some reason.

Quote from: LC on April 04, 2015, 12:05:33 PM

So are they talking about Arabs or Asians? I remember you guys stopped referring to Arabs as Arabs a while back for some reason.

They call Arabs "Asians" here. Fucking cowards.

Quote from: gats on April 04, 2015, 02:52:10 PM

Quote from: challengerX on April 04, 2015, 02:19:46 PM

Quote from: LC on April 04, 2015, 12:05:33 PM

So are they talking about Arabs or Asians? I remember you guys stopped referring to Arabs as Arabs a while back for some reason.

They call Arabs "Asians" here. Fucking cowards.

how is that cowardly?

Afraid to offend so much they reclassify Pakistanis as Asians.

Might as well call Iranians Asians too since Iran is in Asia.