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.
Summary:
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.
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