Pakistan: Madrassas hit by sex abuse claims, issue death threats

A Pakistani minister has revealed hundreds of cases of alleged child
sex abuse at Islamic schools, or madrassas.
There were 500 complaints this year of abuse allegedly committed by
clerics, Aamer Liaquat Hussain, a minister in the religious affairs
department, said.

That compares with 2,000 last year, but as yet there have been no
successful prosecutions, Mr Hussain told the BBC.

The minister's revelations have sparked death threats and infuriated
some religious political leaders.

Mr Hussain said he had received death threats from clerics, but that he
had done his job and his conscience was clear

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