ILLINOIS
Daily Herald
Barbara Vitello
A prominent Elgin imam, already on bond on charges he sexually abused a 22-year-old employee of the Islamic school he founded, faces new charges accusing him of sexually abusing a former student when she was teen.
Mohammad Abdullah Saleem — founder and former director of the Institute of Islamic Education, a private school in Elgin for children in sixth through 12th grades — was ordered held on $1 million bail Wednesday afternoon on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Cook County Judge Joseph Cataldo ordered Saleem have no contact with this new accuser and no contact with anyone under age 18. Cataldo also ordered Saleem to surrender his passport.
Saleem’s new accuser says the cleric sexually abused her 15 to 20 times between 2001 and 2003, when she was between 14 and 16 years old and a student at the school, where he served as president and principal.
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