Book Review: Islamic Education, Diversity, and National Identity: Dini Madaris in India Post 9/11

Abstract

Papers presented at the Conference: Madrasa Education in India : Islamic Education, Diversity, and National Identity Post-9/11, held at Alwar between November 30 and December 2, 2003. pt. I: Historical perspectives -- Towards a reform of the Indian madrasa? an introduction / Jan-Peter Hartung -- Modernist view of madrasa education in late Mughal India / Saiyid Naqi Husain Jafri -- Mad ̄aris and the challenges of modernity in colonial India / Farhat Hasan -- Madrasa and kh ̄anaq ̄ah, or madrasa in kh ̄anaq ̄ah? education and Suf ̄i establishments in Northern India / Saiyid Zaheer Husain Jafri -- Sh ̄iʻa mad ̄aris of Awadh: historical development and present situation / Syed Najmul Raza Rizvi. pt. II: Regional perspectives -- Nadwat al- ʻulam ̄aʼ: a chief patron of madrasa education in India and a turntable to the Arab world / Jan-Peter Hartung -- Madrasa education in Bihar / Paul Jackson -- Understanding Deoband locally: interrogating madrasat diy ̄a ʼ al- ʻul ̄um / Arshad Alam -- Islamic education in a Tamil town: the case of Kilakkarai / Torsten Tschacher -- pt. III: Current developments -- First madrasa: learned mawlaw ̄is and the educated mother / Patricia Jeffery, Roger Jeffery and Craig Jeffrey -- Muslim reactions to the post 9/11 media discourse on the Indian mad ̄aris / Mareike Jule Winkelmann. Indian mad ̄aris and the agenda of reform / Yoginder Sikand -- pt. IV: A view from within -- Introduction of natural sciences in madrasa education in India / Syed Abul Hashim Rizvi -- Afterword: dialogue and cooperation with the Islamic world / Gunter Mulack.