Muslim ritual conviction in UK
Islam / Muslim Related
A man who forced two boys to beat themselves with a blade-tipped flail as part of a Muslim religious ritual was convicted of child cruelty yesterday.
British prosecutors said it was the first time anyone in England had been taken...
Source: New Zealand Herald - Islam
So the article states it was the first time anyone had been taken to court over this practice. That seems to say that they know it happens but until now have not done anything about it? or was it because The man FORCED the boys to do it and therefore, it was child cruelty, not themselves?