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Conceptions of Islamic Education:

Pedagogical Framings argues that madāris (Muslim

schools) cannot exclusively be held responsible for the cultivation

of extremism. Islamic education can most appropriately be framed

according to three interrelated concepts: tarbiyyah (rearing or nurturing),

ta`līm (learning/ instruction), and ta`dīb (good action). These three phenomena

are explored along the lines of a minimalist-maximalist continuum that guides

practices and institutions differently. A minimalist understanding of Islamic ed-

ucation does not necessarily produce uncritical citizens, but a maximalist under-

standing engenders an ethical democratic community and cosmopolitan beings

concerned about their responsibility towards others. By looking specifically at South

African Muslim schools, Conceptions of Islamic Education undermines the mis-

conception that such schools perpetuate Islamic radicalism.

YUSEF WAGHID is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Dean of the Faculty

of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is the author of Com-

munity and Democracy in South Africa: Liberal Versus Communitarian Perspectives

(Peter Lang, 2003) and Education, Democracy and Citizenship Revisited: Peda-

gogical Encounters.

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Conceptions of

Islamic Education

A.C. (Tina) Besley, Michael A. Peters, Cameron McCarthy, Fazal Rizvi

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Yusef Waghid

Conceptions of

Islamic Education

Pedagogical Framings

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p. cm. — (Global studies in education; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references.

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