Faithful education : madrassahs in South Asia /

Riaz, Ali.

Faithful education : madrassahs in South Asia / Ali Riaz. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xii, 289 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index.

Introduction: Why study madrassahs? understanding the importance of Islamic seminaries -- Madrassahs : little known, much discussed -- The genesis and the trajectories -- Pakistan : the madrassah as a mirror of society -- Bangladesh : a tale of two systems -- India : diversity and changes in madrassahs -- Reforming madrassahs -- Where to?

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Madrasahs--South Asia.
Islamic religious education--South Asia.

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