Muslim communities need to tackle sexism and victim-blaming, the man who prosecuted a grooming gang has said.
Prosecutor Nazir Afzal made the call following the airing of drama "The Betrayed Girls" about Asian men jailed for grooming teenagers in Rochdale.
There were "sizeable chunks" of communities who were derogatory to women and girls, he said.
But a mosque committee member in the town said the race and religion of abusers was "totally irrelevant".
Girls were abused at two takeaway restaurants in the Heywood area of Rochdale by a group of men aged between 24 and 59.
Mr Afzal, who brought the case against the Rochdale gang in 2012, said: "Even now, people will say [the girls] asked for it. 'If I bought them a kebab what did they expect.' [BBC] Read more
