Acknowledgement
Introduction: Behind the Walls: Re-Appraising the Role and Importance of Madrasas in the World Today
Farish A. Noor, Yoginder Sikand and Martin van Bruinessen
1. Voices for Reform in the Indian Madrasas
Yoginder Sikand
2. Change and Stagnation in Islamic Education: The Dar al-‘Ulum of Deoband after the Split in 1982
Dietrich Reetz
3. ‘Inside and Outside’ in a Girls’ Madrasa in New Delhi
Mareike Winkelmann
4. Between Pakistan and Qom: Shi’I Women’s Madrasas and New Transnational Networks
Mariam Abou Zahab
5. The Uncertain Fate of Southeast Asian Students in the Madrasas of Pakistan
Farish A. Noor
6. Muslim Education in China: Chinese Madrasas and Linkages to Islamic Schools Abroad
Jackie Armijo
7. From Pondok to Parliament: The Role Played by the Religious Schools of Malaysia in the Development of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Farish A. Noor
8. Traditionalist and Islamist Pesantrens in Contemporary Indonesia
Martin van Bruinessen
9. The Salafi Madrasas of Indonesia
Noorhaidi Hasan
Contributors
Glossary
Acronyms and Names of Organisations, Movements and Institutions
Maps Index