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

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

imam with religious-instructional authority over children

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

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Pastoral or clerical authority

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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.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious instruction of children at the mosque

Cited record

Sources

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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Source and tier basis: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/03/26/imam-uit-antwerpen-krijgt-6-jaar-cel-voor-seksueel-misbruik-van/ Corpus classification: national-public-broadcaster; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 4bca9949f8f28bb78362ec21736ab249037e4afd49cd90025b4be297ab7621b7
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