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A ‘DESPICABLE’ paedophile who abused three girls when he was an Imam at a town centre mosque has been convicted by a jury. Ebrahim Yusuf Kazi, 67, was found guilty of five counts of indecent assault on three girls aged under the age of 13. The offences took place between 1979 and 1986 at Broad Street Mosque, where Kazi was an Imam before moving to Gloucester. The victims have been praised by the police for their bravery in coming forward and one victim told the Adver she will come face-to-face with him at court next month to see him sentenced....

British imam raped boy many times in mosque over three-month period. A prominent imam, who is said to have been regarded as someone very powerful in his local Muslim community of Sheffield, is finally going to trial for raping, attempting to rape, and also for sexual activity with a male child for three months in July to October 2009. 42-year-old Mohammed Hanif Khan is also charged with attempting to rape the young boy’s slightly older, 15-year-old cousin over the same period of time. In an appearance at Nottingham’s Crown Court yesterday, Khan entered not guilty pleas to all eight charges...

Police trapped him in a carefully planned sting An Egyptian imam who used BlackBerry services to connect with women whom he lured to have sex with him was netted in a police sting operation. Facing charges in a Dubai court, the 34-year-old imam allegedly lured an yet-to-be-determined number of women into the trap he laid using the BlackBerry Messenger service. According to the case sheet, the imam used to send pornographic pictures to women he targeted. He however denied the charges and sought a lawyer. An Emirati first lieutenant testified that police worked on a tip-off about the imam seducing...