Madrassahs, Islamic religious schools, have received a great deal of negative attention since 9/11, when some were found to be linked to training centers for Al Queda.

But for more than a thousand years, madrassahs have served a vital role in providing schooling and even a home for the poor. Reporter Will Everett recently visited a madrassah in Pakistan, not far from the Afghan border, and brought back this story of a boy named Abdul.

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