Title Schooling Muslims in Natal : Identity, State and the Orient Islamic Educational Institute

Published Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (474 pages) Contents Preface; Introduction; 1 Islam between Empire and Nation: Indian Schooling, Madressas and the State in Natal, c.1880-1927; 2 Towards Aligarh in Africa: The Founding of the Orient Islamic Educational Institute, 1927-43; 3 Shifting Grounds: The Search for a School Site in a Divided City, 1943-8; 4 Politics of 'Integrated' State-Aided Schooling, 1942-57; 5 The Making of Orient School, 1946-60; 6 Deenyath: Debating an Islamic Syllabus for a State-Aided School; 7 Duniyanee: Teaching and Learning in the Era of Separate Development, 1960-94 8 Reorientations: From State-Aided to Independent Status, 1994-8Conclusion: The Orient in a New Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index Summary Traces the labors and fortunes of a set of progressive idealists who, mobilizing merchant capital, transoceanic networks and informal political influence, established the Orient Islamic Educational Institute in 1943 to found schools and promote a secular curriculum that could be integrated with Islamic teaching. Through the story of their Durban flagship project - the Orient Islamic School - the book provides a fascinating account of the changing politics of religious identity, education and citizenship in South Africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Islamic education -- South Africa -- Durban Muslims -- Education -- South Africa -- Durban Islamic education -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal Islam -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal Muslims -- Education -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal Muslims -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- Ethnic identity East Indians -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- History EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. East Indians Islam -- Study and teaching Islamic education Muslims -- Education Muslims -- Ethnic identity South Africa -- Durban South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Waetjen, Thembisa ISBN 9781869143473 1869143477 1869142926 9781869142926

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