I'm asking this question because I recently found out that one of the missionaries from my community, I'm saddened to say, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in the U.S. for child pornography and extortion of underage girls. The investigation went from June 2014 until June 2016. The individual from the Ahmadiyya mosque was arrested for using young girls or teenage girls from the ages of 12 to 17.
Here is what appeared in the Toronto Sun: ”Of course, facing decades in an American prison, Luqman Rana will no doubt ask for a transfer back to Canada where his tough sentence would undoubtedly turn to dust. After all, if it was a Canadian deal, he'd already be sprung on time served.”
That's the reason I'm bringing this to everybody's attention. Our laws do not fit the crime of these perpetrators. That's my vent for the evening.
I'm sorry. I get very passionate because I'm a mother. I have a daughter myself, and a son. It would throw me into a rage.
There is another question I want to ask.
We've heard from other witnesses that sex work is a job, a a choice. I don't believe it is. Is it not a form of conditioning? In order to help these victims, do we not have to get mental health help for them? We need to sit with them and “uncondition” what they've been conditioned to believe—that they're not worthy of anything else but selling their bodies.
Would you agree with that statement?