TY - BOOK AU - Gesink,Indira Falk TI - Islamic reform and conservatism: al-Azhar and the evolution of modern Sunni Islam T2 - Library of modern religion SN - 9781845119362 PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York PB - Tauris Academic Studies KW - Cairo. KW - Sunnites KW - Islam KW - Study and teaching KW - Egypt KW - Cairo KW - History KW - 19th century N1 - 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 ER -