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02374aam a22003974i 4500 001 5DDB9BD0208011E59F296EB6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150702010207 008 140905s2015 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014034904 020 $a 1469620146 (ebook) 020 $a 9781469620145 (ebook) 020 $a 1469620138 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781469620138 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)892794492 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCF $d JQM $d IG# $d CHVBK $d BKL $d ILC $d LNT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a LC904 $b .M66 2015 100 1 $a Moosa, Ebrahim. 245 10 $a What is a madrasa? / $c Ebrahim Moosa. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2015] 300 $a 290 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Islamic civilization and Muslim networks 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Note on transliteration and translation -- Prologue: Inside madrasas -- Part I. Lived experience. A novice ; Wake, wash, pray ; Becoming scholars -- Part II. History and contexts. Birth of the contemporary madrasa ; Texts and authors ; From a republic of letters to a republic of piety -- Part III. Politics of knowledge. Preserving the prophet's legacy ; Believe, learn, know -- Part IV. Madrasas in global context. Talking about madrasas ; The future of madrasas ; Letter to policy makers ; Letters to my teachers. 520 $a Taking us inside the world of the madrasa -- the most common type of school for religious instruction in the Islamic world - -Ebrahim Moosa provides an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand orthodox Islam in global affairs. Focusing on postsecondary-level religious institutions in the Indo-Pakistan heartlands, Moosa explains how a madrasa can simultaneously be a place of learning revered by many and an institution feared by many others, especially in a post-9/11 world. 650 0 $a Madrasahs. 650 0 $a Islamic education. 650 0 $a Islamic religious education. 830 0 $a Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020015929.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20160618010234.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20150702021104.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DDB9BD0208011E59F296EB6DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search