What is a Madrasa? /
Ebrahim Moosa.
- 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Islamic civilization and Muslim networks .
- Islamic civilization and Muslim networks .
Note on transliteration and translation -- Prologue: inside madrasas -- Lived experience. A novice ; Wake, wash, pray ; Becoming scholars -- History and contexts. Birth of the contemporary madrasa ; Texts and authors ; From a republic of letters to a republic of piety -- Politics of knowledge. Preserving the prophet's legacy ; Believe, learn, know -- Madrasas in global context. Talking about madrasas ; The future of madrasas ; Letter to policy makers ; Letters to my teachers.
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Madrasahs. Madrasahs--South Asia Islamic education. Islamic religious education