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

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

muezzin and Sunni Endowment employee, Quran memorisation instructor

Organization

No organization assigned

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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

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Proceedings

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

Cited 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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Source and tier basis: https://www.skynewsarabia.com/ Corpus classification: international-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 b1f20a32ca344770f0a7d5d8a94d503be1a8f90340d1ba0f179665e071e605d9
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