Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom · 2026

United Kingdom: former mosque leader convicted of abusing a girl from his Quran lessons

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

imam and Quran teacher

Organization

Masjid-Ul-Abraar mosque

Spiritual nexus

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

Evidence structure

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

Primary 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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