The Madrasa in Asia : : Political Activism and Transnational Linkages / / ed. by Yoginder Sikand, Farish A Noor, Martin van Bruinessen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Armijo, Jackie,; Bruinessen, Martin van,; Hasan, Noorhaidi,; Noor, Farish A.,; Reetz, Dietrich,; Sikand, Yoginder,; Winkelmann, Mareike,; Zahab, Mariam Abou,
• HerausgeberIn: Noor, Farish A,; Sikand, Yoginder,; van Bruinessen, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2008]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Muslim Societies ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Since the rise of organizations like the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the traditional Islamic school known as the madrasa has frequently been portrayed as a terrorist hotbed. For much longer, the madrasa has been considered by some as a backward and petrified impediment to Islamic social progress. However, for an important segment of the poor Muslim populations of Asia, madrasas constitute the only accessible form of education and an opening to the wider world. This comprehensive volume presents a representative overview of the unknown world behind the walls of these institutions in nations such as China, Indonesia, Iran, and Pakistan, showcasing the educational changes and transnational networks that help to produce an alternative form of globalization.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- 1. Voices for Reform in the Indian Madrasas -- 2. Change and Stagnation in Islamic Education: The Dar al-'Ulum of Deoband after the Split in 1982 -- 3. 'Inside and Outside' in a Girls' Madrasa in New Delhi -- 4. Between Pakistan and Qom: Shiʽi Women's Madrasas and New Transnational Networks -- 5. The Uncertain Fate of Southeast Asian Students in the Madrasas of Pakistan -- 6. Muslim Education in China: Chinese Madrasas and Linkages to Islamic Schools Abroad -- 7. From Pondok to Parliament: The Role Played by the Religious Schools of Malaysia in the Development of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) -- 8. Traditionalist and Islamist Pesantrens in Contemporary Indonesia -- 9. The Salafi Madrasas of Indonesia -- Contributors -- Glossary -- Acronyms and Names of Organisations, Movements and Institutions -- Maps -- Index