Students at Koranic schools in Senegal are severely abused and subjected to slavery-like conditions, lobby group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says

The HRW report calls for regulation at Koranic schools in Senegal and for abusive teachers to be punished. HRW says at least 50,000 children - most under 12, some only four - are forced into begging, beaten and neglected by their teachers. Senegal is a largely Muslim society and Koranic schools have great influence. HRW says some teachers at Koranic schools collect over $100,000 a year from the begging, using an Islamic education as cover for the economic exploitation of the children in their care.