New Islamic Schools: Tradition, Modernity, and Class in Urban Pakistan

202 Pages·2014·1.388 MB·English

by  Sanaa Riaz (auth.)

New Islamic Schools
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New Islamic Schools
Tradition, Modernity, and Class in Urban Pakistan
Sanaa Riaz
new islamic schools
Copyright © Sanaa Riaz, 2014.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-38246-7
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DOI 10.1057/9781137382474
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Riaz, Sanaa.
New Islamic schools : tradition, modernity, and class in urban Pakistan /
Sanaa Riaz.
pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Islamic education—Pakistan. 2. Islamic religious education—Pakistan.
I. Title.
LC910.P3R53 2014
371.077—dc23
2013044029
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
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First Edition: May 2014
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To Razia Riaz, the woman who dreamed dauntlessly,
and Riazuddin, the clever man who let her . . .
To my middle-class heroes, who braved bringing liberalism
home to their daughters . . .
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Contents
List of Tables ix
A Note on Transliteration xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 I ntroduction: Understanding Tradition, Modernity,
and Class in Islamic Education 1
2 Situating the Islamic Schooling Trend in Pakistan 13
3 Th e Educational System in Pakistan and the Place
of Islamic Schooling 49
4 Examining Diversity in Islamic Schools 87
5 Knowledge at Play 113
6 Toward a New Approach to Islamic Education 161
Notes 167
Bibliography 177
Glossary 183
Index 187
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List of Tables
Table 1.1 Economic and Social Standing of Islamic Schools
and Their Patrons Based on Income-Level Areas 5
Table 3.1 Education Policy: 1998–2010 55
Table 3.2 Review of Subjects Taught in Grades 1–8 in Public
Schools, Private Schools, and Madrasas 59
Table 3.3 Review of Subjects Taught in Grades 9 and 10 in
Public Schools, Private Schools, and Madrasas 59
Table 3.4 Subjects Taught in Islamic Schools and
Their Nature of Inclusion 85