Pakistan, April 3 -- There's no safe place like god's house. There's no man better than god's men. Well, think again. But actually not, because those holding the door open for religious teachers to treat our children howsoever they like wouldn't want you to question society's acceptance of a rampant monstrosity: sexual violence. The chaotic episode of a seminary teacher being caught red-handed in Faisalabad while raping a minor student continues to baffle many. Contrary to what the FIR and a video making rounds on social media suggested, we are to now buy the accused's narrative because another renowned Muslim scholar claims to "forgive" him for "Allah's sake."

The entire episode is supposed to be erased from the collective conscience as...