Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Tigard, Oregon, USA · 2019

Quran instructor Muhammad Laftah Hasan: guilty plea for sexually abusing two girl students

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

founder and instructor, American Islamic Center for the Holy Qur'an, Tigard, Oregon

Organization

American Islamic Center for the Holy Qur'an, Tigard, Oregon

Archive classification

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Hasan founded and ran the Quran-instruction center himself; the religious-teaching relationship with the two girls, built on his standing as their Quran instructor, was the access mechanism the investigation and reporting describe, not a role incidental to a secular institution.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2019-02-01 · guilty plea and sentence

Washington County Circuit Court, Oregon. Muhammad Laftah Hasan pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted sexual abuse and third-degree sexual abuse for abusing two girls who were students in his religious classes beginning in 2016, when both were under 14. He was sentenced to four years in prison, ten years' post-prison supervision, lifetime sex-offender registration, and over $5,000 in restitution, with no contact with minors other than his own daughter.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-instruction authority over young students in a private Quran class
one-on-one access to children built through the trust of religious teaching

Cited record

Sources

local news sentencing report KATU, 'Quran instructor sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse' (2019).: Reports Hasan's guilty plea to first-degree attempted sexual abuse and third-degree sexual abuse, the four-year sentence, ten years of post-prison supervision, lifetime sex-offender registration, and the restitution order.
local news charging report KOIN 6, 'Tigard Quran instructor indicted for sexually abusing girls' (2017).: Reports the initial indictment, describing Hasan as operator of the American Islamic Center for the Holy Qur'an in Tigard and the police investigation opened after a parent's report.

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Source and tier basis: https://katu.com/news/local/quran-instructor-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-sexual-abuse Corpus classification: local-news; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 6a93caf1993d93df6178b403ea9531c0c038a52dfa900249ac146b1aa78756cd
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.koin.com/news/tigard-quran-instructor-indicted-for-sexually-abusing-girls/918050293/ Corpus classification: local-news; evidentiary role: charging-report.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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