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Conviction Islam (convicted individuals) Quranic-school and daara systems El Gedaref, Sudan · 2020

El Gedaref khalwa leader: conviction for abuse of Quranic-school pupils

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

mosque imam, head of a Quranic school

Organization

Quranic school attached to Deim El Nour Mosque

Spiritual nexus

The cited record identifies religious-teacher authority, institutional access to child pupils, and abuse within a khalwa attached to a mosque as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is mosque imam and head of a Quranic school.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2020-07-05 · criminal judgment and sentence

    Child Court of El Gedaref, Sudan. The court convicted the imam and khalwa leader of sexually abusing pupils and imposed a death sentence. The available reporting does not establish the later mandatory-review or appellate disposition.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious-teacher authority
  • institutional access to child pupils
  • abuse within a khalwa attached to a mosque

Primary record

Sources

independent sudanese court reporting judgment report Radio Dabanga, 'El Gedaref Child Court sentences khalwa sheikh after conviction for abusing pupils' (July 5, 2020; Arabic).

Sudanese court reporting records the conviction, first-instance sentence, imam and school-head roles, medical evidence and the abuse setting in a khalwa attached to a mosque.

specialist monitoring judgment corroboration Hands Off Cain, 'Sudan: Koran teacher sentenced to death for sexual abuse' (July 2020).

Independent English-language monitoring corroborates the El Gedaref judgment, institutional roles and abuse of students while identifying Radio Dabanga as the underlying local report.

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