New Islamic Schools Tradition, Modernity, and Class in Urban Pakistan [Paperback]

The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools.1. Introduction 2. Situating the Islamic Schooling Trend in Pakistan 3. The Educational System in Pakistan and the Place of Islamic Schooling 4. Examining Diversity in Islamic Schools 5. Knowledge at Play 6. Towards a New Approach to Islamic EducationSanaa Riaz is Assistant Professor at Ashford University, USA.