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Faithful Education

Madrassahs in South Asia

Ali Riaz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Published:15th Feb '12

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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.

At a time when attention is riveted on unearthing the networks of 'Islamic terror,' wherever they might be found, there is much to be said about doing a historically nuanced study of madrassahs in the South Asian subcontinent. There has been no in-depth scholarly work tracing the social, political, and intellectual history of madrassahs in South Asia-until now. -- Ayesha Jalal * Professor of History, Tufts University *

ISBN: 9780813554228

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: unknown

304 pages

First Paperback Edition