From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, many people have been surprised by what they see as the modern reemergence of an antimodern phenomenon. This book talks about the increasingly visible public role of traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars (th[...]
This book explores some of the most fiercely debated issues - consensus, religious education, the position of women, socioeconomic justice, and jihad - facing the Islamic world today.[...]
Since the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996, the public has grappled with the relationship between Islamic education and radical Islam. Media reports tend to paint madrasas - religious schools dedicated to Islamic learning - as medieval institutions opposed to all that is Western and as breeding grounds [...]