Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (tried at Gloucester Crown Court) · 2026

United Kingdom: volunteer imam jailed 6 years for sexually assaulting two young girls during Quran lessons

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

volunteer imam, mosque in Cheltenham

Organization

Mosque, Cheltenham

Spiritual nexus

Rashid volunteered as imam at a Cheltenham mosque and used the close, recurring contact of one-on-one Quran lessons to sexually assault two girls aged five to seven between 2018 and 2019.

Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-06-04 · conviction and sentence

Gloucester Crown Court, England. Convicted of two counts of sexual assault against one girl and four counts against another, aged 5-7 at the time, committed October 2018-January 2019 during Quran lessons; sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.

Documented coercion mechanisms

Quran-lesson setting gave repeated close, semi-private contact with young girls, exploited to touch them inappropriately during instruction

Primary record

Sources

regional broadcast court reporting criminal disposition and nexus Greatest Hits Radio Gloucestershire, 'Cheltenham imam who sexually assaulted young girls sentenced.': Court report confirming the Gloucester Crown Court conviction, six counts, victim ages, and Quran-lesson access mechanism.

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