RIAZAT Butt, the Guardian’s religious affairs correspondent and the presenter for the Guardian’s Muslim podcast, is on a pilgrimage:
I was sexually assaulted three times in Mecca - the least distressing incident took place near the Ka’aba when a male pilgrim mistook my breasts for a balustrade and used them to hoist himself up the stairs - and was met with indifference when I complained. Being sexually assaulted is, I learned, an almost occupational hazard for the female pilgrim. It will happen to you or someone you know and incidents go unreported because of apathy from the security guards on duty
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April 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
It’s not a sexual assault if the man thought she was a balustrade. Or was that a joke?
I think for the sake of balance Polly Toynbee should be sent to the Holy Land at Christmas to see if anyone gropes her arse.