Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education

by Robert W. Hefner

Book Overview

Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam. Media reports tend to paint madrasas--religious schools dedicated to Islamic learning--as medieval institutions opposed to all that is Western and as breeding grounds for terrorists. Others have claimed that without reforms, Islam and the West are doomed to a clash of civilizations.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691129339
• ISBN13: 9780691129334
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"