by William Gomes

The rape took place on 2 September in an Islamic school in Madaripur District (Dhaka). Abbas Ali, the teacher who perpetrated the deed against the girl, is still on the run. The parents of the 11-year-old girl found her injured and in shock; she is still in serious conditions.

Dhaka (AsiaNews) – An 11-year-old Muslim girl is in very serious conditions after she was raped on 2 September, during the holy month of Ramadan, by her teacher at the Hogalpatia Hafezia Madrassah, an Islamic school she attends in Madaripur District in Dhaka. Human rights activists and local Muslim leaders have called on the government to take the necessary steps against the rapist, Abbas Ali, 35, who taught Islamic culture at the school.

The girl’s parents discovered what happened when they went to the school after she was late in coming home. Inside the building, they found their daughter badly bleeding and in shock.

“At the end of the day, the teacher let all the students go, except for our daughter,” they said. “He forced her to stay with him. Once alone, he raped her several times, and then fled.”

When the parents found the girl, she was bleeding in her genital area and had bruises all over the body. Soon after, they took her to a local hospital, where she is still in critical conditions.

“Before this happened, we thought the school was a safe place,” the mother said. “I pray Allah to save my daughter. I cannot understand how a Muslim cleric can commit such an act during the holy month of Ramadan.”

At present, police is looking for Abbas Ali. For the local police chief, it is only a matter of time before he is arrested.

• bangladesh
• dhaka
• madaripur
• rape
• girl
• school
• teacher
• madrassah
• islamic
• scholar