Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Diourbel, Senegal · 2021

Senegal: Quranic teacher convicted for chaining talibé children in his daara

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

maître coranique running a residential daara

Organization

No organization assigned

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Boys placed by their families in a religious teacher's total residential care — the chaining was an exercise of exactly that unchecked custody.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2021-01-21 · conviction and sentence

Tribunal de grande instance de Diourbel, Senegal. Ibrahima Dieng, a maître coranique, admitted chaining talibé boys resident in his Diourbel daara; on 21 January 2021 he was convicted of violence and mistreatment of the children and sentenced to two years, fifteen days of it firm.

Documented coercion mechanisms

families' placement of boys in his residential religious care
chaining presented as discipline against escape

Cited record

Sources

national news agency verdict and sentencing report 'Diourbel : un maître coranique condamné à deux ans de prison dont 15 jours ferme', Agence de Presse Sénégalaise.: The national press agency's court report.
national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Affaire des talibés enchaînés à Diourbel : la sentence est tombée', SeneNews, 21 Jan. 2021.: Independent verdict-day coverage.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.aps.sn/actualites/societe/justice/article/bk-sur-ce-texte-ibrahima-dieng-condamne-a-deux-ans-dont-15-jours-fermes Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.senenews.com/actualites/affaire-des-talibes-enchaines-a-diourbel-la-sentence-est-tombee-pour-le-maitre-coranique-ibrahima-dieng_346037.html Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 b7cf0d15ab30d263fdd3206260338db069d0d71da26733ef04a115ddc07423a9
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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