Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Zmij, Melloussa, Tangier, Morocco · 2021

Morocco: village Quran teacher sentenced to 30 years for assaulting six girl pupils

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

mosque-affiliated fqih teaching Quran to village children

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The six girls were his Quran pupils in a village where the fqih's standing made both access and silence possible.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2021-01-01 · conviction and sentence at criminal-chamber level

Tangier Court of Appeal, Criminal Chamber, Morocco. A mosque-affiliated fqih in the village of Zmij, identified as 'A.A.', who taught Quran to local children, confessed to and was convicted of sexually assaulting six minor girls under his instruction, using threats to ensure their silence. The Tangier Court of Appeal's criminal chamber sentenced him to 30 years.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'الحكم بـ30 سنة سجنا على فقيه الزميج', Hespress (2021), corroborated by Assahraa, Al3omk and Chouftv.: Reports the confession, conviction, and 30-year sentence.

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