Educating the Muslims of America
Yvonne Y Haddad, Farid Senzai, and Jane I Smith
Abstract
As the US Muslim population continues to grow, Islamic schools are springing up across the American landscape. Especially since the events of 9/11, many have become concerned about what kind of teaching is going on behind the walls of these schools, and whether it might serve to foster the seditious purposes of Islamist extremism. The chapters in this volume look behind those walls and discover both efforts to provide excellent instruction following national educational standards and attempts to inculcate Islamic values and protect students from what are seen as the dangers of secularism and t ... More
As the US Muslim population continues to grow, Islamic schools are springing up across the American landscape. Especially since the events of 9/11, many have become concerned about what kind of teaching is going on behind the walls of these schools, and whether it might serve to foster the seditious purposes of Islamist extremism. The chapters in this volume look behind those walls and discover both efforts to provide excellent instruction following national educational standards and attempts to inculcate Islamic values and protect students from what are seen as the dangers of secularism and the compromising values of American culture. Also considered here are other dimensions of American Islamic education, including: new forms of institutions for youth and college-age Muslims; home-schooling; the impact of educational media on young children; and the kind of training being offered by Muslim chaplains in universities, hospitals, prisons, and other such settings. Finally the chapters look at the ways in which Muslims are rising to the task of educating the American public about Islam in the face of increasing hostility and prejudice. This timely volume is the first dedicated entirely to the neglected topic of Islamic education.
Keywords:
Muslim,
Islamic schools,
9/11,
Islamic extremism,
education,
secularism,
American culture,
Islamic education,
home-schooling,
prejudice
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195375206 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195375206.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Yvonne Y Haddad, editor
Georgetown University
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Farid Senzai, editor
Santa Clara University, USA
Jane I Smith, editor
Harvard Divinity School, USA
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