To understand how the school setting shapes the experiences of girls from the Mbororo minority group in the North West Region of Cameroon, I carried out a qualitative case study at an Islamic High School that stands at the crossroads of identity, culture, religion, language and …
The purpose of this study was to establish validity evidence for the Arabic translation of an existing survey developed by Iluz and Rich (2009) for Jewish education. The Pedagogical Beliefs of High School Islamic Education Teachers' Survey was developed by the author, and admini…
Literature of educational leadership, particularly faith-based school leadership, often fails to represent the perspectives of women. Women responsible for leading American Islamic schools face an unparalleled experience due to the intersectionalities of gender, religion, race a…
African population continues to increase each year with millions of girl children living in oppressive conditions, illiteracy, poverty, disease and ignorance. For The Gambia to succeed in her vision to revolutionize her economy and raise the standard of living by the year 2020, …
This dissertation examines a community of Islamic private schools in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview that have joined the American character-education movement, a socially conservative and largely Christian-backed moral education program defined in opposition to contemporary li…
This work attempts to achieve two overarching objectives: firstly to trace the historical growth of Islamic schools in North America and secondly, to explore the ideological and philosophical values that have shaped the vision of these schools. The historical growth of Islamic s…
This dissertation examines two educational piety projects competing for control over popular conceptualizations of piety and what it means to be a good Muslim, as presented by Al Azhar 31 Islamic Primary School and Luqman al Hakim Integrated Islamic Primary School in Jogjakarta,…
The purpose of this present study aimed to examine to what extent high school Islamic education teachers in Saudi Arabia implement innovative approaches in their teaching. Although the extent of implementing innovative approaches in teaching has been recognized, the current stud…
This study investigates the challenges and opportunities of using the Aboriginal principles of "Respect," "Reciprocity," "Relationship," and "Responsibility" (known as the "4 R's"), Seventh Generation Stewardship, and an Aboriginal circle of giving and receiving, to teach Muslim…
This paper, based on ten months of fieldwork in Morocco, discusses the role of Quranic schools in the context of a Moroccan community (Chefchouan) and explores the idea that traditional Quranic schools are important community institutions both for preserving and transforming cul…
This dissertation interrogates religious conflict in one West African country--Ghana-- between 1920 and 2005, by examining the educational initiatives of the "returnee" ulama and their role in the configuration of Muslim identity in northern Ghana. The "returnees" ulama benefite…
This dissertation is grounded in twenty years of personal and professional practice as an educator, both formally and informally and as a Muslim activist in the West. It is a historical and theoretical investigation of the religious and social relationship between the past and t…
This study focuses on describing the role and beliefs of leaders of higher education in Afghanistan and evaluating the critical issues and challenges facing these leaders as they work toward rebuilding the higher education system after 2 decades of war and civil unrest. The extr…
Islamic schools in the United States have been criticized by some American media outlets for teaching religious intolerance and promoting hatred in the minds of their students. It has been alleged that their programs do not fully embrace the ideals of citizenship, pluralism, and…
This handbook explores the evolution of African education in historical perspectives as well as the development within its three systems-Indigenous, Islamic, and Western education models--and how African societies have maintained and changed their approaches to education within …
This handbook explores the evolution of African education in historical perspectives as well as the development within its three systems-Indigenous, Islamic, and Western education models--and how African societies have maintained and changed their approaches to education within …
"In the age of Islamophobia, Madrasas are at crossroads--infamously labeled as 'dens for terrorism' where the 'youth are misguided, motivated and recruited to resort to anti-Indian activities'. It is little known that in the golden past, Madrasas schooled reformers and personali…
