The judge spoke quietly, and decades of custom were quickly rolled back: the Muslim holy men were to be punished for forcing children to beg.
The sentence handed down in a courtroom here last week was gentle, only six months’ probation and a fine for the seven marabouts, or holy men. Yet the result could be a social revolution, in the eyes of some commentators.
By government decree, and under international pressure, Senegal has forbidden the marabouts to enlist children to beg on their behalf.
Religion News Blog posted this on Monday September 13, 2010.
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