Faithful education
Subtitle: madrassahs in South Asia
By: Ali Riaz.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780813543451
Subjects: Madrasahs -- South Asia; Islamic religious education -- South Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why study madrassahs? understanding the importance of Islamic seminaries; title: Madrassahs : little known, much discussed; title: The genesis and the trajectories; title: Pakistan : the madrassah as a mirror of society; title: Bangladesh : a tale of two systems; title: India : diversity and changes in madrassahs; title: Reforming madrassahs; title: Where to?