Moosa, Ebrahim. <br/><br/>
What is a madrasa? /Ebrahim Moosa. 

 - Chapel Hill :  The University of North Carolina Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Islamic civilization and Muslim networks .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Moosa takes you into the world of madrasa classrooms, scholars and texts, recounting the daily life and discipline of the inhabitants. He shows that madrasa are a living, changing entity, and the site of contestation between groups with varying agendas, goals and notions of modernity. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469623337 9781469620145 9781474401753 9781474401746 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic religious education.<br/>Islamic education.<br/>Madrasahs.<br/>Muslims--Education.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC904  / .W438 2015