Shaping Global Islamic Discourses

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Superbly edited, this authoritative book sheds light on state-university relations, institutional strategies, student-teacher relations, and the impact of returning graduates on their home communities of three leading Islamic universities with a global footprint. Shattering the myths surrounding Islamic education today, this book is vital reading for scholars, policy makers, and a general audience. * Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College * This volume brings together scholars conducting field research in diverse parts of the Islamic world. Each chapter provides the reader with in-depth and up-to-date knowledge on Islamic learning in modern nation-state contexts... This volume is recommended to readers who would like to further their understanding about the recent developments in Islamic higher education and their graduates around the globe. -- Hatsuki Aishima * Die Welt des Islams * Makes a serious contribution to ongoing debates about the changing nature of authority and the shifting discourse on Islam in the modern world through masterful case studies the examine how the global is negotiated in the local. * Sajjad H Rizvi, University of Exeter * Based on a close study of three leading Muslim universities, their structures, ideational orientations, syllabi and alumni and their national and global outreach, this three-part volume allows readers to go beyond a rather singular focus on madrasah education. Benefiting from some fieldwork and by utilising institutional publications, this study of al-Madinah University (IUM) in Saudi Arabia, Qorn's al-Mustafa (MIU) and Cairo's al-Azhar, this volume offers a searchlight on their varying roles across the Muslim counties and communities.' -- Iftikhar H. Malik * The Muslim World Book Review *