Child abuse

The 42-year-old man was immediately arrested by police. After enduring the brutal torture, the girl confessed to her parents. A rape case has been filed against the religious leader. “I want justice,” the father said. Dhaka (AsiaNews) – Mohammad Moinuddin, the imam of Chittagong Government Muslim High School, brutally raped a 10-year-old girl in Chittagong on Saturday. The 42-year-old man said that he was led to do the deed by Satan at his shop in Yakubnagar, Firingibazar. The girl was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital for examination. Kotwali Police Chief Abul Kalam Azad told AsiaNews that around 6 pm, the imam…

Police have arrested a mosque imam from Mohammadpur in Dhaka on charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy. Mohammadpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Latif said that Imam Abdullah Al Hadi (32) was arrested from the mosque on Tuesday following a complaint filed by the victims. The arrested imam was sent to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court on Wednesday. He is the imam of Mohammadpur Shaheed Park Central Jame Mosque. The complaint states that the victim madrasa student went to the imam on Monday to seek financial help for his mother's treatment. On Tuesday morning, the imam asked the boy to meet him again. Later, he took the boy to his room and sexually assaulted him, the OC said. OC Latif said that the imam…

Police have arrested an imam in a case filed against him for raping a schoolgirl in Chandpur. Accused Mozammel Haque was produced before the Chandpur court on Monday afternoon. His bail application was rejected and he was sent to jail. Sources confirmed that Mozammel, the former imam of Debpur Jame Mosque in Sadar upazila, had been absconding for five months after raping the girl on November 17. Hajiganj Police Station OC Md. Alamgir Hossain Rony said, "Mozammel broke the trust of the eight-year-old schoolgirl and her family by promising to teach her English. "On November 17, he took the girl to a flat and raped her. Five months later, the girl's mother identified Mozammel in a market and…

Former Bangladeshi students are turning to social media to detail allegations of “massive” sexual abuse at the hands of teachers and older students at Islamic schools, breaking their silence on a taboo subject in the conservative country. Child abuse at madrasas has long gone unreported in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country where hardline Islamist groups draw their support from thousands of schools across the country of 169 million people. But in the wake of the brutal murder in April of a teenage girl who was burned to death after accusing her headmaster of sexual abuse, such incidents have become the subject of national investigation and debate for the first time. In July alone, at least five madrasa teachers were found guilty of raping boys and…

According to a report in the Dhaka Tribune, a 50-year-old imam has been arrested from Chittagong, Bangladesh, on charges of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old madrasa student after holding her captive for two days. Abul Bashar, the imam of a local mosque in Terchar, Chandina, confessed to his crime during initial interrogation. He was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Sadar South late on Monday night. According to Bangladeshi media reports, RAB commander Major Md. Shakib Hossain told the media that Bashar had kept the minor captive on July 22 and 23. The girl fell ill due to repeated torture on July 24. Bashar then left the girl with his brother and fled. Since then…

An imam who sexually abused two girls in the 1980s has fled the UK to Bangladesh before he could be sentenced. Police said Hifiz Rahman, 58, fled on Saturday after being found guilty of abusing girls at a mosque in Dudley. No warrant or remand has been issued since his conviction and police have visited his home to ensure he is complying with previous bail conditions. “We are making urgent enquiries to arrange his return,” the police said. The spokesman added that an all-port-warning report had been submitted to the police national computer advising that if he tries to leave the country…

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A 68-year-old Bangladeshi imam has been jailed for raping a woman in the UK. Leicester Crown Court sentenced Komar Uddin to 15 years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. On February 25, 2015, Komar, who lives in Leicester, was invited to exorcise evil spirits from the unstable and mentally fragile victim. A ceremony was held in his bedroom, lit only by candles. The 19-year-old was tortured while she was under the family home in Leicester. After being arrested three years ago, Komar fled the UK on bail. He was extradited to Germany last November to face trial…

He was sentenced to nine months in prison on 13 April 2023, suspended for two years. He was also banned from working with children, given a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years. Detective Constable Tracy Dixon noted that “Abdus Sukur was a predatory offender who took advantage of the trust of a young woman and her family”. She added that “a dangerous man has now been brought to justice and strong measures have been taken to prevent him from causing further harm”. Unfortunately, in recent months, there has been a rise in the number of convictions for child abuse offences in the UK…

Sadly, in recent years we have become accustomed to the media reporting that people in positions of power are using their power to sexually abuse vulnerable people such as children. There has been a lot of media attention on the wrongdoings of priests such as Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes. An independent report into the horrific crimes he committed against children over a period of 20 years or more was published in June 2017. It accused the Church of England of “complicity and cover-up”. A brief search of online news articles suggests that the majority of crimes against children and young people or women in religious institutions are committed within the Christian church…