However, these rules fail to be properly enforced because of social pressure. A draft law on the status of the “daara“, which aims to include these institutions into the nationwide training system, was validated by the Council of Ministers in June 2018 but has still not been tabled for consideration by the National Assembly. Some Quranic lecturers view this project as an anti-Islamic attack and are lobbying towards the adoption of this law. This phenomenon of forced begging by talibé children relies on a system that recruits not only within the country but additionally sub-regionally, with Quranic lecturers and talibé…