Bosnian imam convicted in sex abuse case.Summary: A court in central Bosnia sentenced an imam on Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing a girl during religious classes, the first such conviction of a Muslim Muslim (mŭz`lĭm) [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad. religious official in the Balkan A court in central Bosnia sentenced an imam on Friday to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing a girl during religious classes, the first such conviction of a Muslim religious official in the Balkan country. Resad Omerhodzic was accused of taking female students to a remote mountainous moun·tain·ous adj. 1. Having many mountains. 2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves. mountainous Adjective 1. village and abusing them sexually. A family of one girl filed charges against him. "This is a conspiracy against me," Omerhodzic said after leaving the courtroom in Travnik flanked by his supporters. "I was sentenced ... because of a media campaign." His lawyers said they would appeal. Nobody from the girl's family was available for comment after the verdict. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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