Gesink, Indira Falk <br/><br/>
Islamic reform and conservatism :  al-Azhar and the evolution of modern Sunni Islam / 
Indira Falk Gesink 
 - London ;  New York :  Tauris Academic Studies,  2010 
 - 311 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Library of modern religion ;  10 .
 - Library of modern religion ;  10 .
<br/><br/> Religion and the state: Al-Azhar during Muhammad ʻAli's rule -- Order and disorder: the evolving critique of Madrasa education (1834-1870) -- Progress, nationalism, and the negative construction of al-Azhar ʻUlama (1870-1882) -- A conservative defense of Taqlid -- Efficiency, mission, and the meaning of ʻIlm (1882-1899) -- The Syrian Riwaq cholera riot -- Muhammad ʻAbduh and Ijtijad -- Who reformed al-Azhar? -- Conclusion 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845119362  RM290.31 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cairo. al-Azhar University 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sunnites<br/>Islam--Study and teaching--History--Egypt--Cairo--19th century