The notion that religion is a thing of peace and love became even harder for me to swallow on Friday evening, watching the incredible series “Unreported World” on Channel 4. This week the focus was on Islamic schools is the West African country Senegal.
Boys go to schools away from their family, seeing them perhaps once a year if they are lucky, to “learn the Qur’an” but end up on the streets begging for money to take back to their so-called teachers, or Marabouts as they are formally known. If they do not return with the specified amount of money, they will be beaten. With wires, bicycle chains, anything to hand…
I truly believe that religion just does NOTHING good for Africa. If it isn’t Catholicism preventing the use of condoms, it is abuse in the name of learning a holy book.
