I was born in Africa from Muslim parents in a Muslim community of West Africa. At the age of six, I started attending a Muslim school to learn the Quran and the pillars of Islam (faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage). As the first born of my family, it was my duty to study the Quran and know the rules of Islam to become a proper heir. Every morning, I attended the Quranic School (madrassa), and there was no delay because my teacher was very severe. I had to know all my lessons impeccably. If not, I was punished by lashing. It was very painful for a six-year-old child. The Arabic language was unknown to me, but I had to learn Arabic or receive the lashes. It was child abuse, but I could not do anything to defend myself. My parents wished me to learn the Arabic language to read the Quran, and I had no one to help me. I was forced to undergo the torture of the Quranic School.