Sex abuse accused Muslim scholar granted bail, rearrested

Nezaam Ali

The Muslim scholar charged with sexually molesting three boys was granted $750,000 bail in the High Court on Wednesday but his freedom was short lived as he was rearrested yesterday while leaving the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he had made his second appearance.

Nezaam Ali called `Mufti’, 30, who was attached to the Turkeyen Masjid, was last week charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore.

Ali, of Lot 268 Section ‘C 5’ South, Turkeyen was not required to plead to the charges, which alleged that he