by Edward Watson
Muslims were told to tackle their problems head on during Friday prayers this lunch time.
Imam and Respect Councillor Alyas Karmani addressed around one hundred Muslims at Islam Bradford on Preston Street.
His Khutba - or Sermon - entitled Tackling Street Grooming in the UK - addressed issues including kidnapping, forcing young girls into drug habits and sexual abuse of both girls and boys.
It comes in response to cases in the news of sexual grooming in Derby, Rochdale, Telford, Oxford and West Yorkshire.
Abdul Nasir, who attended the Khutba, told BCB News: "These problems are affecting our community and people need to be made aware.
"It's not just Muslims that need to be aware of this phenomenon - it's a problem for all of humanity that we should be tackling together."
Mr Nasir suggested that many of the people involved in these crimes don't attend the Mosques and that the issue needs to be tackled in the wider community.
He continued: "These people don't come to the Mosques or anywhere near the Khutba.
"Really we need to be speaking to the police and social services who have everyday access to the councillors and we need to try to get our message across to them."
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