Islamic Education & Islamic Schooling

Religious Practice among Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral studying in Universities of Lahore

by Zahir Shah

Submitted as an academic work, in Spring 2011, part of Social Research Course, department of Sociology, FCCU Lahore with Dr. Grace Clark

Generally, religious practice of college/ university students decline during their college years. Using the survey... more Generally, religious practice of college/ university students decline during their college years. Using the survey method the religious practice based on prayer, attendance and service, for the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim university students in Lahore belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral was analyzed. I found out that the religious practice did not decline because of relatively independent life and study. Rather varying results for the attendance in terms of occasions affected their participation in services and thus invites an insightful study for the reasons of the changed pattern of attendance.

Halal Literacy and Intention of Muslim Consumers to Switch from Products Without Halal Label: An Instrument Development and Validation in Indonesia

by Imam Salehudin

ASEAN Marketing Journal, Vol 2 No 1 (June, 2010), ISSN 2085-5044.

Muslim consumers have strict commandments which guides their consumption behavior. However, Muslim individuals may... more Muslim consumers have strict commandments which guides their consumption behavior. However, Muslim individuals may have different compliance regarding the commandments. This difference in compliance may be explained by difference in halal literacy. Halal literacy is the ability to differentiate permissible (halal) and forbidden (haram) goods and services which came from better understanding of Islamic laws (shariah). Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of Halal Literacy as well as to develop and validate an instrument to measure Halal Literacy for Muslim consumers.

Halal literacy was measured using two methods. One method using six items of five point Likert self evaluation scale and the other using fifteen true-false test questions with an option to choose doesn’t know. Proportion of correct and incorrect was used as weights in scoring to represent the difficulty of items. Scoring results were then analyzed with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using Weighted Least Square method to test construct validity. Scores were then used to classify cases into high, moderate and low Literacy groups. Self evaluation halal literacy and switching Intentions are compared between groups using ANOVA to determine concurrent validity.

Only ten out of fifteen items are considered valid using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. ANOVA showed that grouping of high, moderate and low literacy score can distinguish differences in perceived halal literacy and switching intentions between the groups. Post hoc tests and descriptive statistics revealed interesting non linear relationship between the halal literacy scores; self evaluated halal literacy and intentions to switch from products without halal labels.

Keywords: Halal literacy, halal label, Muslim consumer, measurement and validation, product switching intention

Scribes et enquêteurs. Note sur le personnel judiciaire en Égypte aux quatre premiers siècles de l’hégire

by Mathieu Tillier

Published in: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 54 (2011), p. 370-404.

Résumé : Cet article entreprend dans un premier temps de reconstituer des listes de scribes (kātib-s) et d’enquêteurs... more Résumé : Cet article entreprend dans un premier temps de reconstituer des listes de scribes (kātib-s) et d’enquêteurs judiciaires (ṣāḥib-s al-masā’il-s) actifs à Fusṭāṭ entre le Ier/début VIIIe et le IVe/Xe siècle. L’identification de ces personnages permet, dans un second temps, de mieux comprendre le recrutement du personnel judiciaire égyptien. Leur réputation en tant que savants, ainsi que leur origine ethnique, géographique et tribale, montrent que la carrière judiciaire fut longtemps limitée par des barrières sociales. Jusqu’au IIIe/IXe siècle, les fonctions de scribe revinrent le plus souvent à des mawālī, les plus élevés d’entre eux pouvant éventuellement briguer le poste d’enquêteur, tandis que les cadis étaient arabes. Le cloisonnement de la judicature révèle ainsi une hiérarchie sociale complexe, allant au-delà de la distinction entre Arabes et non-Arabes. Les résultats de cette étude permettent accessoirement de réévaluer l’impact de la révolution abbasside sur la société égyptienne.

Abstract: This article undertakes first a reconstruction of lists of legal scribes (kātibs) and investigators (sāḥibs al-masāʾil) active in Fustāt ̣between the 1st/early 8th and the 4th/10th century. Identification of these people allows a better understanding of the recruitment of Egyptian judiciary staff. Their reputations as scholars, as well as their ethnical, geographical and tribal origins, show that legal careers were limited by social barriers for a long time. Up until the 3rd/9th century, the office of scribe was mostly held by mawālī—high-ranking clients could possibly aspire to the office of investigator—, whereas qāḍīs were recruited among Arabs. The partitioning of the judiciary reveals a complex social hierarchy beyond the mere distinction between Arabs and non-Arabs. The results of this study also allow a re-evaluation of the Abbasid revolution’s impact on Egyptian society.

Madrassah Education in th UK Between Conservation and Change

by Tahir Alam

Tahir Alam

This works aims to offer an insight into Daru’l Uloom Madrassah
education in the UK. It hopes to underline some... more This works aims to offer an insight into Daru’l Uloom Madrassah
education in the UK. It hopes to underline some of the contemporary issues that these
seminaries face in the modern western world, highlighting some of the negative
profiling they have been receiving from academic, Islamic scholarly, political and
media scrutiny and what kind of concerns have been raised in light of these criticisms.
The work also hopes to offer an insight into the development of Islamic education,
tracing the evolution of the Islamic educational seminaries through its course in
history and its various changes to the current period in contemporary Britain.
In relation to this, through the undertaking of an ethnographic study it hopes to bring
into perspective how education within these seminaries is deployed to train Muslim
leaders and Scholars for the Muslim community in the current Daru’l Uloom
seminary setting. The work will end by making an evaluation on whether the
education is perceived as satisfactory, or educational reform needs to take place in
order to meet the needs of 21st century Britain.

Qu’apprend-on à l’école coranique ? Approche ethnographique de l’apprentissage religieux de l’islam en France et en Bulgarie

by Marie-Laure Boursin

This article tackles the organization of religious teaching, from ethnographic field work. For the analyze of... more This article tackles the organization of religious teaching, from ethnographic field work. For the analyze of religious teachings to remain objective, it is necessary to compare France’s sociopolitical context – with the law on secular state of 1905 and the historicity of North-African immigration- and Bulgaria’s – with the Ottoman conquest and the communist system. That comparison also allows us to understand the organization of the Koranic schools, in relation to state education, in the teaching methods they use as well as in the training of their teachers. Thus one can notice that the institutional Islamic education appears as insufficient and that this education must be achieved along with an interaction with domestic education ; it is then necessary to link these two agents of education. The comparative analyze concerning the organization of the institutional religious learning shows that the expected aim of teaching is the Islamization of each individual, through his acquiring dogmatic knowledge, religious practice and a behaviour guided by religious values. What’s more, the positive finalization of that religious education is to learn how one should express one’s faith.

The Islamic Concept of Education Reconsidered

by Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast

Some authors have analyzed the Islamic concept of education in parallel to the assumed contrast between Islam and the... more Some authors have analyzed the Islamic concept of education in parallel to the assumed contrast between Islam and the liberal tradition. Hence, given the latter’s rationalist tendencies, an almost indoctrinatory essence is assumed for the Islamic concept of education. However, we argue that rationality is involved in all elements of the Islamic concept of education. There might be some differences between the Islamic and liberal conceptions of rationality, but these are not so sharp that the derivative Islamic concept of education can be equated with indoctrination. We suggest an Islamic concept of education that includes three basic elements: knowledge, choice, and action. Then, we show that, according to the Islamic texts, these elements have a background of wisdom.

Background and Achievement Levels of Islamic Schools in the Netherlands: are the reservations justified?

by Jeff Bezemer

Geert Driessen and Jeff Bezemer

In the past decades, efforts have been made in various countries in Western Europe to set up state-funded Islamic... more In the past decades, efforts have been made in various countries in Western Europe to set up state-funded Islamic schools. Until recently, it was only in the Netherlands that these efforts were successful. At present, 28 Islamic primary schools are completely funded by the Dutch Government. They are attended by about 7000 pupils, who are largely of Moroccan and Turkish descent. The very existence of these schools is a highly controversial issue. In this article, the achievement levels, behaviour, attitudes and family background of pupils at 16 Islamic schools are compared with those of pupils at 16 schools
with a comparable socio-ethnic pupil population and 432 schools from a nationally representative sample (a total of more than 40,000 pupils). With respect to their achievement levels, behaviour and attitudes, the analyses show that there are only very small, if any, differences between the Islamic and the comparable category of schools. However, their achievement levels are considerably lower than at the reference category of schools. With regard to the family background features, there are some minor differences between the pupils at the Islamic and the comparable schools. More of the parents view themselves as belonging to the Islamic community and they attach greater importance to the role of religion in the upbringing of their children. They are also less apt to view themselves as being part of the Dutch cultural community and speak less Dutch. For the time being, it can be concluded that pupils at the Islamic schools do not do any worse or any better than pupils
at the schools with a comparable socio-ethnic disadvantage. Time will tell whether these schools will succeed at raising their pupils' educational performance up to the level of non-disadvantaged pupils and how the pupils will ultimately come to function in Dutch society.

The Growth of Islamic Learning in Northern Ghana and its Interaction with Western Secular Education.

by Abdulai Iddrisu

African Development, Vol. XXX, Nos. 1&2, 2005, pp. 20-34.

Pedagogies of Piety: Shi'i Children's Books, Ethics and the Emergence of the Pious Subject

by Edith Szanto

Symposia: The Graduate Student Journal of the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto 1 no. 1 (2009): 62-78.

From Teungku to Ustaz: A Portrait of Islamic Education in Aceh, Indonesia

by Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad

Pesantren Sebagai Pusat Peradaban Muslim: Pengalaman Indonesia untuk Asia Tenggara

by Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad

The article has been published in Edukasi: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Agama
dan Keagamaan, Vol.8, No.2 (2010): 3939-3966

This paper aims to examine the contribution of pesantren for Islamic civilization. It argues that pesantren has... more This paper aims to examine the contribution of pesantren for Islamic civilization. It argues that pesantren has contributed to the history of Islam in Southeast Asia. In this study, the author surveys the socio-historical of the development of pesantren. This study discuses the philosophical aspect Islamic education in pesantren. This can be understood by examining the concept of self in process reproduction of ulama. The main point of this article is to seek the foundation for argument that the experience of Muslim in pesantren in Indonesia can be a model for Southeast Asia countries.

Aspects of Muslim Educational System in Precolonial India

by Aamir Bashir

Value Education in The Perspective of Western and Islamic Knowledge

by Dinar Kania

The paper was presented in International Seminar on Islamic Education at Ibn Khaldun University, Bogor, Indonesia. 18-19th May 2011

Certificate holders can take default worries off their shoulders with proper asset-backed Sukuk

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Business Islamicia Magazine

The research explains how lawyers can structure Sukuk that can save certificate-holders from the repercussions of... more The research explains how lawyers can structure Sukuk that can save certificate-holders from the repercussions of what
comes after default.
Asset protection of certificate-holders vis-a-vis their creditors can be achieved by adopting bankruptcy remoteness.

Inside the Meltdown from Islamic Finance Perspective

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Global Islamic Finance Magazine

In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some... more In the middle the heat of one of the greatest recorded financial meltdowns, and the breakdown of toxic assets, some small niche practitioners deliberated an important question: could this financial crisis have been averted, had the savvy Wall Street investment banks used the principles at the heart of Islamic finance.

This paper differs from the post-financial crisis research articles as it explains the credit crunch in a ‘SIMPLE” manner for those who just joined the investment Banking industry.

Voices of the Unheard - Salvaging the Next Generation of Islamic Bankers

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Islamic Business & Finance Magazine

The SILENT GENERATION of unemployed Islamic financiers !
The Author warns the Islamic finance industry that it is... more The SILENT GENERATION of unemployed Islamic financiers !
The Author warns the Islamic finance industry that it is about to lose its second generation of bankers
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الجيل «الصامت» من المصرفيين الإسلاميين العاطلين .. خدعوهم بالتصريحات المنمقة عن مستقبل الصناعة وأداروا ظهورهم لهم بعد التخرج
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Exploring the Optimal Method of Penetration into the Saudi Islamic Investment Banking sector

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Banker Middle East Magazine

This research paper highlights the potential which lies within the opportunities offered by the under-developed Saudi... more This research paper highlights the potential which lies within the opportunities offered by the under-developed Saudi Islamic investment banking sector.

The Case of Islamic Finance Graduates against HR: How the industry lost its Young Brave Blood !

by Mohammed Khnifer -(MSc,MBA,CSAA,CIFP) محمد الخنيفر

Islamic Business & Finance Magazine

The Human Remains of Islamic finance (IF)

For the first time, HR executives are being identified as the... more The Human Remains of Islamic finance (IF)

For the first time, HR executives are being identified as the main hurdle for the development & sustainability of the Human intellectual capital of IF

Training imams in Europe. The current statut.

by Jean-Francois Husson

The obligation to attend a masjid for Jumuah - Maliky Fiqh

by Ahmed Fazel Ebrahim