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1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : map |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index. |
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Introduction: Why study madrassahs? understanding the importance of Islamic seminaries -- Madrassahs : little known, much discussed -- The genesis and the trajectories -- Pakistan : the madrassah as a mirror of society -- Bangladesh : a tale of two systems -- India : diversity and changes in madrassahs -- Reforming madrassahs -- Where to? |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, discussions on ties between Islamic religious education institutions, namely madrassahs, and transnational terrorist groups have featured prominently in the Western media. In the frenzied coverage of events, however, vital questions have been overlooked: What do we know about the madrassahs? Should Western policy-makers be alarmed by the recent increase in the number of these institutions in Muslim countries? Is there any connection between them and the?global jihad?? Ali Riaz responds to these questions through an in-depth examinati. |
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Madrasahs -- South Asia.
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Islamic religious education -- South Asia.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Islamic religious education. (OCoLC)fst00980044
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Madrasahs. (OCoLC)fst01005349
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South Asia. (OCoLC)fst01244520
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Riaz, Ali. Faithful education. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008 0813543452 9780813543451 (DLC) 2007039076 (OCoLC)173243912 |
| ISBN |
9780813545622 (electronic bk.) |
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0813545625 (electronic bk.) |
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