Canadian Islamic schools
Subtitle: unravelling the politics of faith, gender, knowledge, and identity
By: Jasmin Zine.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780802098566; 9780802095725
Subjects: Islamic education -- Canada; Muslims -- Education -- Canada; Muslim girls -- Education -- Canada; Musulmans -- Éducation -- Canada; Filles musulmanes -- Éducation -- Canada
Description: "In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, religiously based educational institutions. Based on eighteen months of field work and interviews with forty-nine participants, Canadian Islamic Schools provides insight into the role and function that Islamic schools have in diasporic, educational, and gender-related contexts." "A informative study of religious-based education, Canadian Islamic Schools is essential reading for educators, sociologists, and those interested in immigration and diaspora studies."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-350)  and index.