- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; 1 edition (Dec 18 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0691129339
- ISBN-13: 978-0691129334
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
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- #5 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Religious Education
- #5 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Education
- #10 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Islam > History
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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., Digest of Middle East Studies
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This is a major contribution to the field. Over the past twenty years there has been growing public concern about Islamic education in general and Muslim madrasas in particular. The latter have come to be seen as nurturers of Islamic radicalism, indeed, as training centers for jihadi militants and terrorists. This book makes the enormously important point to those who would wish to essentialize Islam or madrasas that Islamic education is profoundly shaped by local contexts as Muslims seek the best possible ways to grasp, live, and communicate a Muslim life.
(Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
(Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Since the Taliban rolled into Kabul on September 26, 1996, Western media have grappled with the question of the nature of Islamic radicalism and its relation to religious education.1 Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Since the Taliban rolled into Kabul on September 26, 1996, Western media have grappled with the question of the nature of Islamic radicalism and its relation to religious education.1 Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Excellent Anthology, Nov 27 2009
By Peter A. Constantian "framcod" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education (Paperback)
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 media for sources of inspiration in the years ahead.
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