What Is a Madrasa? (eBook)

Ebrahim Moosa (Autor)

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2015
304 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2014-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.Drawing on his own years as a madrasa student in India, Moosa describes in fascinating detail the daily routine for teachers and students today. He shows how classical theological, legal, and Qur'anic texts are taught, and he illuminates the history of ideas and politics behind the madrasa system. Addressing the contemporary political scene in a clear-eyed manner, Moosa introduces us to madrasa leaders who hold diverse and conflicting perspectives on the place of religion in society. Some admit that they face intractable problems and challenges, including militancy; others, Moosa says, hide their heads in the sand and fail to address the crucial issues of the day. Offering practical suggestions to both madrasa leaders and U.S. policymakers for reform and understanding, Moosa demonstrates how madrasas today still embody the highest aspirations and deeply felt needs of traditional Muslims.

Autor

Ebrahim Moosa is Mirza Family Professor in Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies at the University of Notre Dame.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.4.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
• Reihe/Serie: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
• Zusatzinfo: 16 halftones, notes, bibl., index, 24 sidebars
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Abdulhayy Laknawi • Ahl-i Hadith madrasa • Ahmad Raza Khan • `alim • `alimiyya • Anwar Shah Kashmiri • Ashraf Ali Thanvi • azan or call to prayer • Barelwi madrasa • Dars-i Nizami • Darul Ulum Deoband • Farangi Mahall • Fazl-i Haqq Khayrabadi • Ghulam Vastanwi • Hadith • Haji Imdadullah • ijtihad • `ilm • Islamic disciplines • Islamic Law • Islamic learning • Islamic practices of purity • Islamic seminaries • Islamic spirituality • Islamic Theology • Jalaluddin Suyuti • Jama`at-i Islami • Jihad • Jurjani • Knowledge • Liturgy • madaris • madrasa • madrasas • Maslak • master-disciple • Mawdudi • memorizing the Qur’an • memorizing the Qur’an • Mir Sayyid Sharif • Mufti • Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi • Mulla Nizamuddin • Muslim Brotherhood • Muslim clerics • Muslim knowledge • Muslim Republic of Letters • Muslim ritual • Nadwatul `Ulama • Naqshbandi Sufi order • piety • Qur’an • Qur’an • raka`a or genuflection in prayer • Rashid Ahmad Gangohi • ritual cleansing called wudu • salat or daily ritual prayers • Sayyid Sharif al-Jurjani • Shah Abdulaziz • Shah Isma`il • Shah Waliyullah • Shibli Nu`mani • Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan • studying Islamic classics • Tablighi Jama`at • Taftazani • Tariqa Muhammadiyya • Zamakhshari
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-2014-6 / 1469620146
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-2014-5 / 9781469620145