Educational Strategies among Muslims in the Context of Globalization : : Some National Case Studies / / edited by Holger Daun, Geoffrey Walford.

• Superior document: Muslim Minorities ; 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Daun, Holger,; Walford, Geoffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Muslim Minorities ; 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume deals with Islamic conceptualization of knowledge, various types of Islamic education; and educational strategies among selected groups of Muslims in Islamized countries (Pakistan, Iran, Morocco, Senegal, and so on) as well as countries in Europe where Muslims form important minorities. The first chapter gives an overview of Islamic educational arrangements in the context of globalization and chapter two presents some principal ideological orientations among Muslims. The remaining chapters describe educational arrangements available to Muslim parents in different countries. The book is useful as a textbook in social sciences courses, teacher training institutions and among the general public.

Table of Contents

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Muslims and Education in a Global Context; CHAPTER TWO Islamic Orientations and Education; CHAPTER THREE Education and Empowerment of the Religious Elite in Iran; CHAPTER FOUR Islamic and Western-Style Education in Afghanistan-Conflictual or Complementary?; CHAPTER FIVE Pakistan: The Clash of Globalizing Forces?; CHAPTER SIX Modernization of Education and Kur'ānic Adaptation in Morocco; CHAPTER SEVEN Islamic Revival and Education in Somalia; CHAPTER EIGHT Islamic, Secular or Both-The Struggle Over Education in West Africa

CHAPTER NINE Educational Strategies Among Some Muslim Groups in SwedenCHAPTER TEN English Education and Immigration Policies and Muslim Schools; CHAPTER ELEVEN Muslim Minorities and Education in Germany-The Case of Berlin; CHAPTER TWELVE Education and the Muslim Minorities in the Czech Republic; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Greek State, the Muslim Minority of Western Thrace and Education: Shifts Under Way?; Index