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Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq · 2023

Iraq: mosque muezzin and Quran instructor given double life sentence for raping boys in his sessions

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

muezzin and Sunni Endowment employee, Quran memorisation instructor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The boys were children of his Quran sessions — the mosque role placed them in his charge.

  • Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2023-09-12 · conviction and double life sentence

    Anbar Criminal Court, Iraq. Rajab Abdullah Muhammad al-Ani, a muezzin and Sunni Endowment employee who ran Quran memorisation sessions at a Ramadi mosque, was convicted of raping two boys from his sessions and sentenced on 12 September 2023 to life imprisonment twice over; reporting suggested more children may have been affected over time. The 30-day appeal window's outcome was not confirmed.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious-instruction sessions placing boys in his charge at the mosque

Primary record

Sources

international newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'السجن المؤبد مرتين لمؤذن اغتصب طفلين في الرمادي', Sky News Arabia (12 Sept. 2023), corroborated by Baghdad Today and Al Ghad.

Reports the conviction and the double life sentence.

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