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Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia · 2024

Indonesia (Aceh): dayah leader sentenced to 14 years and 150 cane strokes for raping a boy santri and a teacher

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

dayah leader in Langsa

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

Both victims — a resident boy and a teacher on his own staff — sat under the dayah leader's religious authority.

  • Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
  • Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2024-02-07 · conviction and sentence exceeding the prosecution demand

    Mahkamah Syar'iyah Langsa (Aceh sharia court), Indonesia. A dayah leader in Langsa, identified in reporting as MR, was convicted on 7 February 2024 under Aceh's Qanun Jinayat: 170 months' imprisonment for raping a minor santri, and separately 150 cane strokes for raping an adult female teacher at his dayah — a combined penalty exceeding the prosecution's demand.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious authority over a resident child santri and over an adult teacher on his staff

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report AJNN: the Langsa dayah leader's sentence.

Aceh outlet's court report.

national newspaper court reporting investigative report Independen.id: long-form investigation of sexual crimes behind the teungku title in Aceh.

Investigative corroboration.

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