Sabir Hussain, West Yorkshire, England (sentenced Nov 2011) [kicking/hitting sitting schoolchildren]

TMP · Nov 25, 2011

Name: Sabir Hussain

Age: 60

School: Markazi Jamia Mosque, Keighley, West Yorkshire

Position: Teacher

Keighley News (21 Oct 2011): Sabir Hussain, 60, pleads guilty to four charges of assaulting pupils at Markazi Jamia Mosque

Keighley News said:

A religious teacher has admitted assaulting pupils at a Keighley mosque after being caught on film by for an undercover TV documentary. Sabir Hussain, 60, of Spencer Street, Keighley, was due to stand trial in two weeks after denying ten charges of assaulting children at the Markazi Jamia Mosque, in Emily Street, Lawkholme.
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Yorkshire Post (23 Nov 2011): Jail for Keighley mosque teacher who kicked and slapped children

Yorkshire Post said:

Sabir Hussain, 60, admitted four charges of assaulting boys at the Markazi Jamia Mosque, in. Keighley, West Yorkshire, as they learned The Koran. He was arrested after secret filming was screened on a Channel 4 documentary earlier this year.
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UK Guardian (23 Nov 2011): Religious teacher jailed for assaulting boys during lessons at mosque

UK Guardian said:

A volunteer religious teacher at a mosque in Yorkshire has been jailed for 10 weeks for kicking and slapping young boys during lessons at a mosque ... "The assaults comprised of kicking to the body and hitting whilst those children remained sitting on the floor. All of these factors make the offence so serious that I can only pass a term of imprisonment."
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Yorkshire Evening Post (23 Nov 2011): Religious teacher jailed for West Yorkshire mosque assaults

Yorkshire Evening Post said:

In one, Hussain is seen to walk up behind a line of boys sitting at prayer tables and kick one in the back. In other footage he is seen to kick other boys and slap one repeatedly. District Judge Sue Bouch said she had heard how the boys involved were aged between 10 and 13.
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UK Independent (23 Nov 2011): Teacher jailed for mosque assaults

Asian Image (23 Nov 2011): Mosque teacher jailed for assaults

Asian Image said:

She told him: “It can be clearly seen on the footage that the children are flinching away from you. That suggests clearly to me, Mr Hussain, that the children were fearful. ”The assaults comprised of kicking to the body and hitting whilst those children remained sitting on the floor.
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BBC (23 Nov 2011): Sabir Hussain jailed for child assaults at Keighley mosque

BBC said:

The footage was filmed by an undercover reporter for the Dispatches programme. Sabir Hussain, 60, admitted four charges of assaulting boys at the Markazi Jamia Mosque in Keighley as they learned the Koran.He was arrested after secret filming was shown on Channel 4's Dispatches.
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Keighley News (23 Nov 2011): MP brands religious teacher sentence as 'grossly lenient'

Keighley News said:

... Keighley MP Kris Hopkins said he was very disappointed at what he regards as a “grossly lenient sentence” given the seriousness of the crimes committed ... Instead, he is likely to be back on our streets in a month.It is simply not good enough and I believe the sentencing policy for these offences should now be re-examined as a matter of considerable urgency.”
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Yorkshire Post (24 Nov 2011): Muslim cleric jailed for kicking and slapping children in lessons

Yorkshire Post said:

Sabir Hussain, 60, was caught on camera towering over four pupils aged between 10 and 13 while “chastising” them in his role as a volunteer religious tutor at Keighley’s Markazi Jamia mosque. Education bosses and police welcomed the sentence – saying pupils in faith schools should enjoy the same protection as mainstream ones and the punishment sent a clear message such behaviour was not acceptable in British society.
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UK Sun (24 Nov 2011): Cops slam C4 delay on abuse at mosque

UK Sun said:

Cops said the broadcaster, which shot Sabir Hussain kicking and slapping pupils, could have halted further abuse. But it failed to tip them off and sat on the evidence for at least two months. The abuse only came to light when the Dispatches programme was aired in February.
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UK Mirror (24 Nov 2011): Koran teacher jailed for hitting youngsters as he taught in mosque

UK Daily Mail (24 Nov 2011): Muslim teacher who was secretly filmed kicking and slapping children at mosque is jailed

UK Daily Mail said:

An islamic teacher was jailed yesterday after being caught on a hidden camera kicking and hitting children during religious lessons in a mosque. Sabir Hussain, 60, stood over the young boys as they sat on the floor and was secretly filmed kicking three in the back and repeatedly hitting one youngster forcefully with the back of his hand. The ‘fearful’ boys, aged between ten and 13, could be seen flinching from the teacher, who was giving classes for Muslim pupils in reading the Koran at the Markazi Jamia Mosque, in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
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Keighley News (24 Nov 2011): Ten weeks for abuse at mosque

Keighley News said:

Hussain’s barrister Shufqat Khan told the court the offences were out of character. He said: “It was intended to be for chastising purposes. He accepts the force used was not reasonable.”
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UK Express (24 Nov 2011): JAIL FOR MUSLIM CLERIC WHO HIT BOYS

UK Express said:

In one scene Hussain is seen to walk up behind a line of boys sitting at prayer tables and kick one in the back. In other footage he is seen to kick other boys and slap one repeatedly.
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UK Star (25 Nov 2011): Teacher jailed for mosque assaults

TMP · Dec 19, 2011

Keighley News (8 Dec 2011): Appeal by teacher who kicked children thrown out

Keighley News said:

An appeal by a religious teacher to have his ten-week prison sentence for kicking and slapping children reduced has been thrown out. Appeal Judge Shaun Spencer QC on Friday told 60-year-old Sabir Hussain that the sentence passed on November 23 was acceptable and would not be suspended or reduced.
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