Inside a Madrasa
Subtitle: knowledge, power and Islamic identity in India
By: Arshad Alam
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780415678070
Subjects: Terrorism; Madrasahs; Religious education; Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: History and the present in Mubarakpur: the ethos; title: Knowledge, power and politics; title: Institutionalising 'authentic' Islam; title: The financial organization of Islamic piety; title: Madrasa and its hinterland; title: The Madrasa regime and its effects; title: The enemy within.