Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Giengen an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 2026

Germany: Islamic religious teacher convicted on 18 counts for abusing boys in the dormitory he ran

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Islamic religious teacher (Hodscha) running a student dormitory

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The boys lived in a dormitory the defendant ran in his capacity as their religious teacher — instruction and residential custody combined in one religious authority.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-05-01 · conviction and sentence; final (no appeal filed)

Landgericht Ellwangen, Germany. A 35-year-old Islamic religious teacher was convicted on 18 counts including rape, sexual abuse of dependants and sexual abuse of children against seven boys aged 12–17 at a student dormitory he supervised in his religious-instructor role. He was sentenced to eight and a half years with a five-year ban on working with male minors. Neither side appealed and the verdict became final.

Appellate history

2026 · undefined

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Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-instructor authority combined with residential custody of boys

Primary record

Sources

institutional reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Hohe Haftstrafe für Islamlehrer nach Missbrauchsfällen in Schülerwohnheim', IslamiQ, 3 May 2026.: Reports the 18-count conviction, the sentence, and the dormitory-supervision role.

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