‘House of torture’ puts focus on Nigeria Islamic schools

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Aminu Abubakar with Max Delany in Lagos | AFP

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Fri, 2019-10-04 05:39

KANO, Nigeria: Horrific revelations of torture and abuse at a compound billing itself as a Qur'anic reform school in northern Nigeria have shone a spotlight on Islamic institutes unregulated by the authorities.
Last week police in the city of Kaduna raided a building to find hundreds of men and boys — some reportedly aged as young as five — held in atrocious conditions at a facility proprietors described as a religious school and rehabilitation center.