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We had a decades long problem with Muslim grooming gangs in the UK and this kind of attitude was what prevented the authorities from intervening for so long. In some cases actively covering up the existence of the gangs or casting aspersions on the victims. Estimates of the number of victims are in the hundreds, possibly thousands.
Every day we get another horrifying new detail about historical abuse and in some places these gangs are still active.
"Muslims rape kids" is wrong, bigoted, and a gross generalisation. However if there is a pattern of certain abuser profiles then the general public needs to be informed.
Yes. That's why it's an example being used. It's not how you inform the general public of real atrocities, and the important kernels of truth behind that wrong, bigoted and gross generalisation don't justify making it. So I don't understand why you felt compelled to detail them.