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Imam Sami Abu-Yusuf said victims of recent sex attacks in German cities were to blame because of their “open clothing” and perfume.

The assaults – 389 of them, including rape, in Cologne alone – on New Year’s Eve, were blamed on North African refugees.

Abu-Yusuf, who is based in the city, said the women who were attacked had dressed in a way that had “driven the men wild”.

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He said: “These young men take tablets and drugs, and over New Year they took alcohol, which took away all the barriers.

“There were women with very open clothing and they were wearing perfume, while walking through the drunken masses.”

Then he added: “Of course, for these North African men, that was an excuse to grope them.”

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The site MuslimStern (Muslim star), which has more than 20,000 followers on Facebook, also said women had to accept their part in the outbreak of sick attacks.

It said: “You cannot expect to chuck a naked antelope in front of a lion and not expect it to react.

“It is mind-boggling that with so much time spent teaching children about sex at school, they completely forget to pass on this basic biological fact.”

Since the attacks, the site has urged the German government to ban alcohol from the entire country.