TY - BOOK ID - 77958205 TI - Schooling Islam AU - Hefner, Robert W AU - Zaman, Muhammad Qasim PY - 2007 SN - 1400837456 9786612964664 1282964666 9781400837458 9780691129327 0691129320 9780691129334 0691129339 6612964669 9781282964662 PB - Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Comparative education. KW - Religion and culture. KW - Religion and politics. KW - Islam and politics. KW - Madrasahs. KW - Islamic religious education. KW - Education, Comparative KW - Education KW - Culture and religion KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politics and religion KW - Religion KW - Religions KW - Islam KW - Politics and Islam KW - Madrasas KW - Madrasehs KW - Madrassahs KW - Madrassas KW - Medreses KW - Medressehs KW - Islamic religious education KW - Schools KW - Muslims KW - Muslim religious education KW - Religious education, Islamic KW - Islamic education KW - Religious education KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Education religieuse islamique KW - Madrasa KW - Islam et politique KW - Religion et politique KW - Religion et culture KW - Education comparée KW - Madrasahs KW - Islam and politics KW - Religion and politics KW - Religion and culture KW - Comparative education UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77958205 AB - Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam. 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. Others have claimed that without reforms, Islam and the West are doomed to a clash of civilizations. 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. They demonstrate that Islamic education is neither timelessly traditional nor medieval, but rather complex, evolving, and diverse in its institutions and practices. 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. ER -