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Imam of the Al Imam Wash mosque in Figueres arrested for mistreating children in religious classes.

It is the second scandal linked to this mosque in six months, following the deportation of a Salafist imam. The case adds to similar allegations that have recently emerged in other municipalities, such as Salt.

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The Mossos d'Esquadra arrested the imam of the Al Imam Wash mosque in Figueres on 9 July. for alleged offences of physical abuse, coercion and injury to minors who attended his religious classes. According to ElDiario.es, the incidents are said to have taken place between October 2024 and May 2025 and involve several children aged between six and twelve.

According to police sources, the imam is alleged to have used violent methods to impose discipline, such as blows with a stick, slaps on the back of the neck and verbal threats. The affected families are part of the same Muslim community, which denounced the incidents and removed the man before the authorities intervened.

A religious centre with serious antecedents: expulsion for radical Salafism

This arrest takes place a few months after The Ministry of the Interior deported the former imam of the same mosque., considered a radical Salafist preacher. That imam had been identified for spreading messages rejecting constitutional values, gender equality and democratic coexistence.

Suspicions of assaults at the Salt mosque

It hasn't even been a month since the news of the suspicions broke. of child abuse in several mosques in the neighbouring municipality of Salt, where classes in religion are also taught without formal supervision. On that occasion it was the state school teachers who raised the alarm about the situation, but no one was arrested: the mosque denied it and no family has filed a complaint. The Salt town council's solution is to hold talks with religious leaders to let them know that it is not right to assault children.

This set of cases has once again highlighted the lack of institutional oversight of unregulated religious educational spaces and the vulnerability of children in out-of-school settings.

Liberty with charges and possible expulsion for an irregular situation

The detainee He has been released on bail on charges, with the obligation not to approach the victims or communicate with them.. The Figueres court has taken over the case and will continue the investigation.

Meanwhile, according to Diari de Girona, the National Police have opened an administrative expulsion file, as the suspect is not believed to have his status regularised in Spain.

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