Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691129339 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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They reveal that a struggle for hearts and minds in Muslim lands started long before the Western media discovered madrasas, and that Islamic schools remain on its front line.Schooling Islam is the most comprehensive work available in any language on madrasas and Islamic education.. Robert Hefner and Muhammad Qasim Zaman bring together eleven internationally renowned scholars to examine the varieties of modern Muslim education and their implications for national and global politics. The contributors provide new insights into Muslim culture and politics in countries as different as Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Media reports tend to paint madrasas--religious schools dedicated to Islamic learning--as medieval institutions opposed to all that is Western and as breeding grounds for terrorists. Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam. Other
Excellent Anthology Peter A. Constantian This anthology on Islamic education has been an invaluable source for my senior research paper. The articles of Jonathan Berkey, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Barbara Metcalf, and Malika Zeghal have each been particularly useful.Though published in 2007, many of the authors begin their chapter with reference to the western media's new found fascination with the Muslim world following the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. While this fascination has indeed started many discussions and contributed to the formulation of many opinions among the American populous, my hope is that the scholarly discourse on Muslim education will look beyond the popular me
Muhammad Qasim Zaman is Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University. . Robert W. Hefner is Director of the Program on Islam and Civil Society at the Institute on Culture and Religious Affairs at Boston University
"Hefner provides the reader with an excellent historical background which can help in appreciating the scale of the change now taking place in Islamic education, and their implications for public culture and politics. This book is highly recommended for American and European media pundits and politicians to read and be honest with themselves and their constituents about the positive nature of mainstream madrasas throughout the Muslim world, and stop demonizing them, and the education they provide."--Mohammed M. Aman, Ph.D., Dig