"I don't know if anyone else can confirm this, but I think theres a definite conflict within the Asian community."

If anything Alan, I would suggest that to assume there was a homogenous view would be utterly absurd.

I encountered different views of Islam, Shia, Sunni, different opinions within Sunni, politics, society, labour, tory, lib dem, Manchester United, Leicester City, Vegetarian, Meat eating, Artistic, Entrepreeurial, dissillusioned, optimistic, racist, enlightened, etc etc etc ...

Conflict and disagreement that crosses categories - so those who agree on one issue disagree on another - those who support each other on one matter, suppport apparent rivals on another ...

... Just like all communities.

This is why the idea that "community leaders" can influence the "community" (like the arabs in the film "the jewel of the nile" all standing behind their leader) is such a load of tosh.

The alleged "community leaders" are often nothing of the sort, like Mr Khan in the video I posted above, are neither elected nor do they have the across the board support as spokespeople that they claim they have. I have heard a prominent Pakistani woman politician, whose name I have sadly forgotten, describe them as "self styled community leaders".

The idea that such men could have prevented organized trafficking gangs from abducting underage girls is beyond ludicrous and depends on a very idealized caricature of how these communities look and how they are "led".