Remote Sahelian kuttab practice drifted beyond the official Maliki limits on corporal punishment

Evidence

First, the kuttāb-level operational practice in the Sahel began to depart from the Maliki textual parameters. Sahelian muʿallims operating in remote rural kuttāb, without the supervisory presence of senior ulama, tended to extend the corporal-disciplinary practice beyond the Maliki bounds. The jielicha came to be used more frequently than the Maliki manuals permitted. The contemporary scholarly literature on Sahelian Qur’an-school operational substance — including the work of Roman Loimeier, Louis Brenner, and Rudolph Ware III — documents this operational drift. — , The Rod and the Child, 4329

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the recurring theme of doctrinal bounds vs. operational drift in corporal punishment — parallels the Domostroi and Russian pedagogical material. — connects to: The high prevalence of corporal punishment in Africa is historically contingent, not fixed destiny. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4813

Broader Connections