Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Other Islamic authority or family context Antwerp, Belgium · 2024

Belgium: imam sentenced to six years for abusing two boys in the mosque context

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

imam with religious-instructional authority over children

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

Both boys were children within the mosque's religious instruction, under the imam's teaching authority.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2024-03-26 · conviction and sentence (appeal status unconfirmed)

Antwerp court, Belgium. An imam identified as Ibrahim B., 49, was convicted of the rape of a 10-year-old boy and assault of a 13-year-old boy in the mosque context where he held religious-instructional authority, and was sentenced on 26 March 2024 to six years' imprisonment plus ten years' probation.

Primary record

national public broadcaster verdict and sentencing report 'Imam uit Antwerpen krijgt 6 jaar cel voor seksueel misbruik van twee jongens in moskee', VRT NWS, 26 Mar. 2024.: Belgium's public broadcaster reporting the conviction and sentence.

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