Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Other Islamic authority or family context Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · 2015

United Kingdom: Bradford imam jailed 13 years for 1990s sexual offences committed while serving at the mosque

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

imam, mosque on Sunbridge Road, Bradford

Organization

Mosque, Sunbridge Road, Bradford

Spiritual nexus

Mohammed Hanif Khan was an imam at a mosque on Sunbridge Road, Bradford, at the time of the offences, using that religious-teacher role to access and abuse victims connected to the mosque community.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

Date in cited record · conviction and sentence

Bradford Crown Court, England. Sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment with 3 years on extended licence for sexual offences committed in the 1990s while serving as imam at the mosque.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-teacher standing used to access victims connected to the mosque

Primary record

Sources

official police record criminal disposition West Yorkshire Police, 'Bradford Man Jailed for Child Sexual Offences.': Official police release confirming Khan's role as imam at the Sunbridge Road mosque and the 13-year sentence with 3-year extended licence.

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