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Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Panchlaish, Chattogram, Bangladesh · 2025

Bangladesh: madrasa director jailed until death for raping six child students

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

director and teacher of a Quran academy

Organization

Rahmania Tahfizul Quran Academy

Spiritual nexus

The victims were children enrolled at the Quran academy the defendant directed; his combined religious and institutional authority over their education is what made the abuse possible.

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

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2025-06-04 · conviction and sentence

    Tribunal under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Nazim Uddin, director and teacher at the Rahmania Tahfizul Quran Academy, was sentenced to imprisonment until death for raping six child students under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious teaching and institutional authority over enrolled child students

Primary record

Sources

national news agency verdict and sentencing report 'Madrasa teacher jailed until death for rape in Chattogram', bdnews24.com, 4 June 2025.

Bangladeshi national news agency reporting the sentence and the number of child victims.

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