In Senegal, many boys sent to religious schools to learn the Quran end up living in squalor, forced by their teachers to beg for money and food.
h1.pg-headline { font-weight: bold; } .zn-body-text h3 { font-weight: bold; clear:left; } Saint Louis, Senegal In the bustling city of Saint Louis, Senegal, six young boys awake early. They have no food, so they will spend the morning going door-to-door, begging for breakfast.
It is a fact of life for tens of thousands of talibés in this predominantly Muslim country -- young boys who live in religious schools called daaras, away from their families and far from home. It is a common tradition across west Africa for parents to send their sons to these schools to learn the Quran.
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