TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moosa,Ebrahim
TI  - What is a Madrasa?
T2  - Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
SN  - 9781474401739 (hardback)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - United State
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Madrasahs
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Islamic education
KW  - Islamic religious education
N1  - 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
ER  -