Prosecutors have charged both Iyad Azzam and Wiaam Taha with two counts of felony child abuse and three counts of causing mental harm to a child. Azzam is listed as an “interventional cardiology” doctor who sees patients at Froedtert and the Zablocki VA Medical Center.
FOX6 is not identifying the minors involved to protect their identities. According to prosecutors, Azzam beat one of them for “two hours” inside a Brookfield home. Police say Azzam hit a minor with a belt on their “head, back, spine and hands.”
Brookfield police say Taha watched it happen and tried to cover the bruises with make-up. A victim says Taha also hit them. In another incident, prosecutors say Azzam choked, threatened to shoot, and held a child over a railing. At one point, investigators say a victim told Azzam they were going to throw up and Azzam told them he “would make [them] drink it if [they] did.”
On Thursday, May 2, a Waukesha County court commissioner set Azzam’s cash bond at $500,000. Taha’s was set at $250,000. According to the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services, both Azzam and Taha are licensed to practice through 2025.
Bugsy278 says
When I was a tot, my dad would spank us with a belt. Looking back, we never got bruised and it was more to scare us. I do remember once I was crying, but thought I should be laughing cause it didn’t hurt. It was always on our clothed bottoms. Of course there is no comparison to what these kids faces here, a difference of discipline and child abuse.
John Thomson says
Not surprised since Islam makes it perfectly ok to kill your kids if they embarrass you or you just had a bad day. What a wonderful peaceful and loving religion
Ray Jarman says
John Thompson,
I cannot imagine anyone hating Islam as I and I don’t consider it a religion. No religion would possess a book of principles and beliefs like the Qur’an which preaches hate in the most vile terms. The Bible teaches us to love even our enemies (with which I struggle) and from what little I understand about Hinduism is that it is extremely passive and I love that when a Hindu or Buddhist places his/her hands together and bows, the person is said to be recognizing the God within you. Budda teaches peace and love.
BIGGUY says
Once a Muzzie always a Muzzie, especially beating their children and even to the point of “Honor killings” if they upset the father. It’s almost impossible to get the “Muzzie” out of them.
David says
And Biden wants to bring Gaza refugees into this country.