Islamic Education, Diversity And National Identity : Dini Madaris In India Post 9/11

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For many centuries, Muslim religious educational institutions (known as dini madaris) have held an important position among educational institutions in the Indian subcontinent. However, after the 9/11 attacks in the USA and the subsequent declaration of the global `war on terrorism`, allegations against these institutions?about their being breeding grounds for Muslim fundamentalists and terrorists?have dominated India`s media. The debates about these educational institutions primarily revolve around questions like: Is there a link between madaris and violence, anti-national activities, or terrorism? How transparent are these alternative educational networks in terms of funding, spread and patronage? What are the political implications of their educational system? The 12 original essays have been divided into three sections. The 12th essay is a factual activity report from a devoted Muslim educationist. The volume concludes that dini madaris, contrary to their public image, are not essentially opposed to change, even though the framework for change appears to be limited. Table of Contents Preface HELMUT REIFELD Towards a Reform of the Indian Madrasa? An Introduction JAN-PETER HARTUNG I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES A Modernist View of Madrasa Education in Late Mughal India SAIYID NAQI HUSAIN JAFRI Madaris and the Challenges of Modernity in Colonial India FARHAT HASAN Madrasa and Khanaqah, or Madrasa in Khanaqah? Education and Sufi Establishments in Northern India SAIYID ZAHEER HUSAIN JAFRI Shi`a Madaris of Awadh: Historical Development and Present Situation SYED NAJMUL RAZA RIZVI II. REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES The Nadwat al-`ulama`: A Chief Patron of Madrasa Education in India and a Turntable to the Arab World JAN-PETER HARTUNG Madrasa Education in Bihar PAUL JACKSON, S J Understanding Deoband Locally: Interrogating Madrasa diya` al-`Ulum ARSHAD ALAM Islamic Education in a Tamil Town: The Case of Kilakkarai TORSTEN TSCHACHER The First Madrasa: Learned Mawlawis and the Educated Mother PATRICIA JEFFERY, ROGER JEFFERY and CRAIG JEFFREY Muslim Reactions to the Post 9/11Media Discourse on the Indian Madaris MAREIKE JULE WINKELMANN The Indian Madaris and the Agenda of Reforms YOGINDER SIKAND IV. A VIEW FROM WITHIN The Introduction of Natural Sciences in Madrasa Education in India SYED ABUL HASHIM RIZVI Afterword: Dialogue and Cooperation with the Islamic World GUNTER MULACK Index

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