Sahin, Abdullah (2019) Islam, Muslims and education : framing an interdisciplinary field of research, critical scholarship and professional practice. The Muslim World Book Review, 40 (1). pp. 6-29. ISSN 0260-3063 .

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Abstract

There has been a notable surge in the number of studies exploring different aspects of the intersection between Islam/Muslims and education in western universities and in the Muslim world. Researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds are increasingly interested in examining educational issues within the context of historical and contemporary Muslim majority and minority societies. However, there is an ongoing, and often confused, debate within western academia over how best to frame the research on these multi-layered, intersecting themes around education, Islam and Muslims. An equally daunting challenge is how to classify and assess the plethora of literature on these themes produced by researchers working within diverse disciplines and academic units/departments spread across the Social Sciences and Humanities. Most of this literature appears to be produced in conventional Islamic Studies centres which are often located in Middle/Near Eastern Studies, Religious Studies and occasionally Theology departments or in the few remaining Orientalist institutes. Some newly-established academic outlets offer a variation of Islamic Studies by focusing, for example, on the study of British Islam/Muslims or European Islam. They mostly adopt an ethnographically-informed sociological, political approach to analyse the presence of ‘Islam and Muslims’ within secular public space including issues around migration, race relations, social integration, religious radicalisation and education policy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Journal or Publication Title:	The Muslim World Book Review
Publisher:	The Islamic Foundation
ISSN:	0260-3063
Official Date:	October 2019
Dates:	Date Event October 2019 Published 15 April 2019 Accepted
Volume:	40
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 6-29
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	22 May 2020

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