United Kingdom: former mosque leader convicted of abusing a girl from his Quran lessons
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
imam and Quran teacher
Organization
Masjid-Ul-Abraar mosque
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The complainant was a child attending the defendant's Quran lessons, where his standing as imam and teacher gave him the access and authority the offences relied on.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
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Proceedings
2026-06-29 · conviction (sentencing pending at time of reporting)
Maidstone Crown Court, England. Muhammod Islam, also known as Rofiqul Islam, an imam and Quran teacher at the Masjid-Ul-Abraar mosque, was found guilty at Maidstone Crown Court of six counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 against a girl who attended his religious lessons. The offences dated to 2004.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- religious teaching authority over a child attending his lessons
Cited record
Sources
- reliable contemporaneous court reporting verdict report 'Former mosque leader found guilty of abusing young girl', Kent Online, 29 June 2026.
Reports the Maidstone Crown Court verdict on six counts and the religious-lesson setting.
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- https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/former-mosque-leader-found-guilty-of-abusing-young-girl-342104/ Corpus classification: reliable-contemporaneous-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 3c66517f36a889b8bc3ab217f59fa21bcef67c65c743558e4fdbcfba6b26d3e6
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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