Mick Hartley

Meanwhile, at the Birmingham mosque:

A preacher at a mosque consulted by police before an Israeli football fan ban said that men can physically discipline their wives and that they should not leave the house without permission from their husband.

During the sermon shortly before Christmas a preacher at Green Lane mosque in Birmingham said that husbands could resort to discipline as a “last resort” if wives were rebellious, and that men had a right to expect obedience.

The mosque is one of eight Muslim organisations spoken to by West Midlands police (WMP) before its controversial decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from the Europa League fixture against Aston Villa in November.

A community, clearly, with an important input to make to the problems of today.