Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Talkha, Dakahlia, Egypt · 2025

Egypt: mosque imam's life sentence for assaulting a Quran student upheld on cassation

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

mosque imam and preacher (Islamic Endowments employee), Quran memorisation teacher

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The child was his Quran student; the memorisation lessons were the mechanism that moved her from the mosque to his home.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-01-01 · conviction and life sentence; upheld on cassation

Egyptian criminal courts; Mansoura Court of Cassation. Suleiman Fayed Suleiman Muhammad, a mosque imam and Islamic Endowments employee, was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl of about twelve whom he lured to his home after Quran memorisation lessons, with forensic corroboration. He received a life sentence (25 years at hard labour) with a fine and compensation, upheld by the Mansoura Court of Cassation.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting final appellate disposition 'تأييد المؤبد لإمام مسجد اعتدى على طفلة بالدقهلية', Masrawy (Jan. 2025), corroborated by Al-Masry Al-Youm and Elwatan.: Reports the conviction, the forensic basis, and the cassation affirmance.

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