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Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia

By Ali Riaz

Book information

Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780813545622
DOI
10.36019/9780813545622
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2715668 bytes)
Pages
304\306
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 19:39:41

Description

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2011, discussions on ties between Islamic religious education institutions, namely madrassahs, and transnational terrorist groups have featured prominently in the Western media. In the frenzied coverage of events, however, vital questions have been overlooked: What do we know about the madrassahs? Should Western policymakers be alarmed by the recent increase in the number of these institutions in Muslim countries?Is there any connection between them and the "global jihad"? Ali Riaz responds to these questions through an in-depth examination of the madraassahs in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. In Faithful Education, he examines these institutions and their roles in relation to current international politics.

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