Chapter 3. Tradition and Authority in Deobandi Madrasas of South Asia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A Note on Transliteration and Spelling ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Chapter 1. Introduction: The Culture, Politics, and Future of Muslim Education 1
7. Chapter 2. Madrasas Medieval and Modern: Politics, Education, and the Problem of Muslim Identity 40
8. Chapter 3. Tradition and Authority in Deobandi Madrasas of South Asia 61
9. Chapter 4. Madrasas and Minorities in Secular India 87
10. Chapter 5. The “Recentering” of Religious Knowledge and Discourse: The Case of al-Azhar in Twentieth-Century Egypt 107
11. Chapter 6. Madrasas in Morocco: Their Vanishing Public Role 131
12. Chapter 7. Islam and Education in Secular Turkey: State Policies and the Emergence of the Fethullah Gülen Group 149
13. Chapter 8. Pesantren and Madrasa: Muslim Schools and National Ideals in Indonesia 172
14. Chapter 9. The Transformation of Muslim Schooling in Mali: The Madrasa as an Institution of Social and Religious Mediation 199
15. Chapter 10. Islamic Education in Britain: Approaches to Religious Knowledge in a Pluralistic Society 224
16. Chapter 11. Epilogue: Competing Conceptions of Religious Education 242
17. Index 269