ILLINOIS
Daily Herald

Madhu Krishnamurthy

A prominent former imam and head of an Islamic school in Elgin has been accused of sexual abuse of a 23-year-old woman who worked at the school.

Mohammad Abdullah Saleem, 75, of the 400 block of Jean Street, Gilberts, is charged with one felony count of criminal sexual abuse.
He will appear for a bond hearing at the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows this morning.

The charge stems from a more than two-month investigation by Elgin police into allegations of sexual abuse by Saleem, founder of the Institute of Islamic Education school, 1280 Bluff City Blvd., Elgin.

On Dec. 4, a 23-year-old woman told police she was sexually abused by Saleem in April, 2014. The abuse occurred at the school, police said.