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,...

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