Posted on 10/09/2016 9:50:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Imam faces jail after he was found guilty of historic sex attacks against two young girls at a mosque.
Religious teacher Hafiz Rahman, 58, sexually assaulted one of the girls when she was aged just six.
Rahman was the Imam at Queens Cross Mosque in Cradley Heath, West Mids., when he launched the string of attacks between March 1986 and August 1987.
One of the victims, who can’t be named for legal reasons, told police he used to abuse her as she read from the Holy Book.
A court heard she was ‘too scared’ to tell anyone at the time, but the Imam was arrested after she came forward in 2012.
Rahman, of Netherton, was found guilty of five charges of sexually assaulting the two girls at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday.
The jury of eight men and four women also cleared him on two other charges.
Granddad-of-ten Rahman, who has seven children, was not in court to hear the verdicts after his defence counsel Tariq Shakoor said he was unwell.
Judge Nicholas Cartwright said guidelines for the offences meant an immediate custodial sentence was likely.
He told the court the sentencing would take place on a date to be arranged when Rahman had made a full recovery.
The judge ruled Rahman should also be told he has to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register as soon as possible
Hey! Let that Imam go! All cultures are equal! He was emulating The Prophet!
Good thing a Sharia court didn’t hear this case, the girls would have been beheaded.
Put him in a cell block with all the gay guys. Let them do what they do. And feed him nothing but pork.
It’s just Shariah, right?
Mohamad would have been proud.
Fogget it, Jake. It's sharia.
It was historic for the little girls.
When did Bill Clinton convert to Islam? /sarc>
How many $$ will they have to pay?
Girls ? Wow. Surprised.
Will this start the same kind of tidal wave as pedophile priests?
Brits put jackets on their horses when its cold; don't you think they'd protect their sheep at least that well?
Exactly.
No more Rahman Kanoodling for him.
Castrate him. He is sick, but he’s proof of my tagline...
The problem I have with a case like this is that it happened almost 30 years ago. How can the abuse be proved, other than what the victim claims?
Castrate him, and then guess what he is having for supper!
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