Coran-Children
Keywords
- childhood
- community
- education
- Erik Lemke
- Label: docfilm42
- religion
- work
Director
- Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Documentary, Independent
1h 29min
16+
Bangladesh
Germany
2009
BENGALI
GERMAN
German-Bangladeshi filmmaker Shaheen Dill-Riaz was granted access to a madrasa in Bangladesh - where filming is actually strictly forbidden. The training in these schools qualifies boys to eventually become Koran teachers and to appear as clerics at ceremonies of all kinds. Children from poorer backgrounds in particular attend madrasas as this supposedly gives the parents spiritual protection and the promise of a good afterlife.