Murder of Sarah Everard

Following the kidnap and Murder of Sarah Everard, women in the U.K. have been talking about not being safe.
How does Islam deal with the issue of women’s safety?

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On the evening of 3 March 2021, 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard disappeared in South London. Living at the time in London’s Brixton Hill area, she went missing after leaving a friend’s house near Clapham Common to walk home.

On 9 March, Wayne Couzens, a Metropolitan Police officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection unit, was arrested in Deal, Kent, firstly on suspicion of Everard’s kidnapping and later on suspicion of her murder. On 10 March, her remains were discovered in woodland near Ashford, Kent. Couzens was charged with kidnapping and murder two days later.

A vigil was held for Everard on Clapham Common on 13 March, leading to a controversial police response and four arrests for breaches of COVID-19 regulations.