Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047428862
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Content:
Preliminary Material /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter One. Introduction, The Negotiation Of Islam In Africa /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Two. Zanzibar: The Historical Setting /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Three. Traditions Of Reform, Reforms Of Tradition /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Four. Islamic Education In Zanzibar: The Development Of The Canon /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Five. The Politics Of Education In The Colonial Period I: Schools /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Six. The Politics Of Education In The Colonial Period II: Syllabuses And Languages /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Seven. The Politics Of Education In The Colonial Period III: Teachers /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Eight. The Muslim Academy /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Nine. The Politics Of Islamic Education In Revolutionary Zanzibar /R.P.L Loimeier -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion: The Legacy Of Islamic Education In Zanzibar /R.P.L Loimeier -- Appendix /R.P.L Loimeier -- Biographical Dictionary /R.P.L Loimeier -- Sources /R.P.L Loimeier -- Index /R.P.L Loimeier.
Content:
The present volume is a pioneering study of the development of Islamic traditions of learning in 20th century Zanzibar and the role of Muslim scholars in society and politics, based on extensive fieldwork and archival research in Zanzibar (2001-2007). The volume highlights the dynamics of Muslim traditions of reform in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Zanzibar, focussing on the contribution of Sufi scholars (Qādiriyya, ʿAlawiyya) as well as Muslim reformers (modernists, activists, anṣār al-sunna) to Islamic education. It examines several types of Islamic schools (Qurʾānic schools, madāris and “Islamic institutes”) as well as the emergence of the discipline of “Islamic Religious Instruction” in colonial government schools. The volume argues that dynamics of cooperation between religious scholars and the British administration defined both form and content of Islamic education in the colonial period (1890-1963). The revolution of 1964 led to the marginalization of established traditions of Islamic education and encouraged the development of Muslim activist movements which have started to challenge state informed institutions of learning
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004175426
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004175423
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004175426
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004175426.i-1929
