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Author Sanyal, Usha, author.

Title Scholars of faith : South Asian Muslim women and the embodiment of religious knowledge / Usha Sanyal
Edition First edition
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Part 1. Iman, Ahkam, Adab -- Muslim Girls' Education in North India in the Twentieth Century and Beyond -- Jami'a Nur al-Shari'at, a Barelwi Girls' Madrasa in Utar Pradesh, India -- Pedagogy and Daily Life at Jami'a Nur al-Shari'at -- Attachment to School: The Madrasa and the Islamic Public School for Girls Compared -- Life after the Madrasa -- Part II. Iman, Ahkam, Da'wa -- Al-Huda International: Muslim Women Empower Themselves through Online Study of the Qur'an -- Al-Huda's Intellectual Foundations -- Al-Huda Onsite and Online: Teacher-Learners and Students in North America -- Student Narratives: Personal Transformations and Reorientations ; Conclusion: Why Now?
Summary 'Scholars of Faith' looks at South Asian Muslim women acquiring religious education in India as well as around the world. It is based on fieldwork in a girls' madrasa in north India as well as an on-line Qur'an class whose students are middle-class South Asian Muslim women with college degrees and have chosen to learn the Qur'an in Arabic. It reflects on the motivations and impact of this education on the lives of these modern South Asian Muslim women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 31, 2020)
Subject Islamic religious education -- South Asia
Muslim girls -- Education -- South Asia
Muslim women -- Education -- South Asia
Muslim girls -- Education -- India -- Case studies
Islamic religious education
Muslim girls -- Education
Muslim women -- Education
India
South Asia
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199099900
0199099901