New Directions in Islamic Education

“a timely and highly significant contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature and purpose of Islamic education … well-substantiated and linguistically sophisticated … This book certainly demands both respect and serious reading and response by educationalists, philosophers, Qur’anic scholars and statisticians, amongst others... [a] bold attempt to interpret education Islamically and Islam educationally.” - British Journal of Religious Education, Bill Gent, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, UK "This ground-breaking book is one of the most significant contributions made in recent years to Islamic education and, indeed, to wider religious education.” – John M. Hull, Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education and Emeritus Professor of Religious Education in The University of Birmingham “What makes New Directions in Islamic Education inspiring to practitioners in the field is its combination of empirical analysis of our current malaise, its authentic and intellectually provocative theological grounding, and its practical solutions. Abdullah Sahin’s seminal work has the potential to set the pace in Islamic education in the coming decades.” – Edris Khamissa, Director of Al-Falah Islamic College, Durban, South Africa “An exemplary work of scholarship which both offers an unparalleled insight into the curriculum and ethos of traditional Islamic seminaries and a way to enable a creative conversation with modern educational theory and practice.” – Dr Philip Lewis, Peace Studies Department, University of Bradford and author of Islamic Britain (2002) and Young, British and Muslim (2007)