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Record Nr.

UNISA996211611603316

Autore

Noor Farish A

Titolo

The madrasa in Asia : political activism and transnational linkages / / Farish A. Noor, Yoginder Sikand & Martin van Bruinessen (eds.) [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2008

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-282-06785-0

9786612067853

90-485-0138-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

ISIM series on contemporary Muslim societies

Classificazione

81.20

Disciplina

371.077095

Soggetti

Madrasahs - Asia

Islamic education - Political aspects - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Behind the walls : re-appraising the role and importance of madrasas in the world today / Farish A. Noor, Yoginder Sikand and Martin van Bruinessen -- Voices for reform in the Indian madrasas / Yoginder Sikand -- Change and stagnation in Islamic education : the Dar al-ʻUlum of Deoband after the split in 1982 / Dietrich Reetz -- 'Insde and outside' in a girls' madrasa in New Delhi / Mareike Winkelmann -- Between Pakistan and Qom : Shiʻi women's madrasas and new transnational networks / Mariam Abou Zahab -- The uncertain fate of Southeast Asian students in the madrasas of Pakistan / Farish A. Noor -- Muslim education in China : Chinese madrasas and linkages to Islamic schools abroad / Jackie Armijo -- From Pondok to Parliament : the role played by the religious schools of Malaysia in the development of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) / Farish A. Noor -- Traditionalist and Islamist pesantrens in contemporary Indonesia / Martin van Bruinessen -- The salafi madrasas of Indonesia / Noorhaidi Hasan.

Sommario/riassunto

The Madrasa in Asia presents a nuanced overview of the unknown world behind the walls of these traditional Islamic schools in Asia.