[Gary L]

But experts suspect the real problems occur in madrasahs, although they
believe it also an issue with some fundamentalist Christian Sunday schools.

She said she was alerted to the problem by a local schoolteacher-I had a lot
of problems in a madrasah in my constituency,' said Mrs Cryer.
'They don't seem to have any understanding of special needs children. If a
kid isn't learning their Koranic verses terribly well, they think it's
because they are being naughty, not because they have an incapacity.

'It isn't always a question of just beating. They have a particular
punishment called the "chicken position" where a child must squat on the
floor until they get very uncomfortable.'