| Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills: The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th Century Zanzibar Contributor(s): Loimeier, Roman (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004175423 ISBN-13: 9789004175426 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $323.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: The present volume examines the development of Muslim traditions of reform in pre-colonial and colonial Zanzibar, focussing on patterns of cooperation between religious scholars and the British colonial state and highlights the effects of the Zanzibar revolution of 1964 on the development of Islamic education and Islamic traditions of learning in Zanzibar until today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Education | History - History | Africa - East |
| Dewey: 371.077 |
| LCCN: 2009011583 |
| Series: Islam in Africa |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (2.65 lbs) 643 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |