Canadian Islamic Schools

Author : Jasmin Zine
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442692947

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Canadian Islamic Schools by Jasmin Zine Pdf

Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork and interviews with forty-nine participants, Canadian Islamic Schools provides significant insight into the role and function that Islamic schools have in Diasporic, Canadian, educational, and gender-related contexts. Discussing issues of cultural preservation, multiculturalism, secularization, and assimiliation, Zine considers pertinent topics such as the Eurocentricism of Canada's public schools and the social reproduction of Islamic identity. She further examines the politics of piety, veiling, and gender segregation paying particular attention to the ways in which gendered identities are constructed within the practices of Islamic schools and how these narratives shape and inform the negotiation of gender roles among both boys and girls. A fascinating and informative study of religious-based education, Canadian Islamic Schools is essential reading for educators, sociologists, as well as those interested in Immigration and Diaspora Studies.

Author : Jasmin Zine
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802095720

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Canadian Islamic Schools by Jasmin Zine Pdf

Based on eighteen months of fieldwork and interviews with forty-nine participants, Canadian Islamic Schools provides significant insight into the role and function that Islamic schools have in Diasporic, Canadian, educational, and gender-related contexts.

Author : Graham P. McDonough,Nadeem A. Memon,Avi I. Mintz
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781554588688

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Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent by Graham P. McDonough,Nadeem A. Memon,Avi I. Mintz Pdf

The education provided by Canada’s faith-based schools is a subject of public, political, and scholarly controversy. As the population becomes more religiously diverse, the continued establishment and support of faith-based schools has reignited debates about whether they should be funded publicly and to what extent they threaten social cohesion. These discussions tend to occur without considering a fundamental question: How do faith-based schools envision and enact their educational missions? Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent offers responses to that question by examining a selection of Canada’s Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic schools. The daily reality of these schools is illuminated through essays that address the aims and practices that characterize these schools, how they prepare their students to become citizens of a multicultural Canada, and how they respond to dissent in the classroom. The essays in this book reveal that Canada’s faith-based schools sometimes succeed and sometimes struggle in bridging the demands of the faith and the need to create participating citizens of a multicultural society. Discussion surrounding faith-based schools in Canada would be enriched by a better understanding of the aims and practices of these schools, and this book provides a gateway to the subject.

Author : Amélie Barras,Jennifer A. Selby,Melanie Adrian
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9781487527884

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Producing Islams(s) in Canada by Amélie Barras,Jennifer A. Selby,Melanie Adrian Pdf

During the last twenty years, public interest in Islam and how Muslims express their religious identity in Western societies has grown exponentially. In parallel, the study of Islam in the Canadian academy has grown in a number of fields since the 1970s, reflecting a diverse range of scholarship, positionalities, and politics. Yet, academic research on Muslims in Canada has not been systematically assessed. In Producing Islam(s) in Canada, scholars from a wide range of disciplines come together to explore what is at stake regarding portrayals of Islam(s) and Muslims in academic scholarship. Given the centrality of representations of Canadian Muslims in current public policy and public imaginaries, which effects how all Canadians experience religious diversity, this analysis of knowledge production comes at a crucial time.

Author : Ahmad F. Yousif
Publisher : Legas Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124098695

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Muslims in Canada by Ahmad F. Yousif Pdf

Despite Islam's long history in the "new world", the majority of Muslims in Canada are relatively new immigrants. How do Muslims in Canada cope with living in a non-Islamic environment? Are they able to maintain their Islamic values or do they prefer to become assimilated? To what extent does observance of the "five pillars" of Islam influence their identity? What effect do Canadian values such as drinking alcohol, eating pork, celebrating Christmas, premarital sex, bank interest, etc. have on a Muslim's identity, particularly since many of these are forbidden by Islam? What role do Muslim's community groups and organizations play in the adaptation of Muslims immigrants to their new homeland? How are Muslim's living in Canada affected by the political structure at the community, national and international level? This book examines these questions as well as many others, in an attempt to determine the extent to which Muslims in the Canadian multicultural mosaic are able to maintain their identity.

Author : Jasmin Zine
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780774822756

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Islam in the Hinterlands by Jasmin Zine Pdf

Muslim communities have become increasingly salient in the social, cultural, and political landscape in Canada largely due to the aftermath of 9/11 and the racial politics of the ongoing "war on terror" that have cast Muslims as the new "enemy within." Featuring some of Canada's top Muslim Studies scholars, Islam in the Hinterlands examines how gender, public policy, media, and education shape the Muslim experience in Canada. A timely volume addressing some of the most hotly contested issues in recent cultural history, it is essential reading for academics as well as general readers interested in Islamic studies, multiculturalism, and social justice.

Author : Hicham Tiflati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000215434

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Islamic Schooling and the Identities of Muslim Youth in Quebec by Hicham Tiflati Pdf

This insightful text examines the impact of Islamic schooling on Muslim youth in French-speaking Canada to consider how these institutions influence the formation of students’ cultural, national, ethnic, and religious identities, and their sense of belonging to Quebec and Canada. Through close qualitative analysis of interviews conducted with first- and second-generation students, as well as parents, teachers, and leaders involved in Islamic high schools, this text explores how far institutions succeed in preparing young Muslims to participate in the broader secular society in Quebec and in English-speaking Canada. As well as investigating the historical and contemporary development of Islamic schooling in Canada, and addressing public perceptions of this educational sector, the volume foregrounds the voices of those directly involved in these schools to illustrate first-hand experiences, and the motivations and objectives of those choosing to support or engage in these schools. Overarching themes include citizenship, integration, and the complex interplay of Muslim, Quebecois, and Canadian values. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researcher scholars and academics in the fields of religion, education, Islamic studies, multicultural education curriculum studies, and faith-based teacher education.

Author : Nadeem A. Memon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429810145

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A History of Islamic Schooling in North America by Nadeem A. Memon Pdf

This insightful text challenges popular belief that faith-based Islamic schools isolate Muslim learners, impose dogmatic religious views, and disregard academic excellence. This book attempts to paint a starkly different picture. Grounded in the premise that not all Islamic schools are the same, the historical narratives illustrate varied visions and approaches to Islamic schooling that showcase a richness of educational thought and aspiration. A History of Islamic Schooling in North America traces the growth and evolution of elementary and secondary private Islamic schools in Canada and the United States. Intersecting narratives between schools established by indigenous African American Muslims as early as the 1930s with those established by immigrant Muslim communities in the 1970s demonstrate how and why Islamic Education is in a constant, ongoing process of evolution, renewal, and adaptation. Drawing on the voices, perspectives, and narratives of pioneers and visionaries who established the earliest Islamic schools, chapters articulate why Islamic schools were established, what distinguishes them from one another, and why they continue to be important. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics, teaching professionals in the fields of Islamic education, religious studies, multicultural education curriculum studies, and faith-based teacher education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091208702

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Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada by Anonim Pdf

The education provided by Canada’s faith-based schools is a subject of public, political, and scholarly controversy. As the population becomes more religiously diverse, the continued establishment and support of faith-based schools has reignited debates about whether they should be funded publicly and to what extent they threaten social cohesion. These discussions tend to occur without considering a fundamental question: How do faith-based schools envision and enact their educational missions? Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent offers responses to that question by examining a selection of Canada’s Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic schools. The daily reality of these schools is illuminated through essays that address the aims and practices that characterize these schools, how they prepare their students to become citizens of a multicultural Canada, and how they respond to dissent in the classroom. The essays in this book reveal that Canada’s faith-based schools sometimes succeed and sometimes struggle in bridging the demands of the faith and the need to create participating citizens of a multicultural society. Discussion surrounding faith-based schools in Canada would be enriched by a better understanding of the aims and practices of these schools, and this book provides a gateway to the subject.

Author : Sajida Sultana Alvi,Homa Hoodfar,Sheila McDonough
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889614086

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The Muslim Veil in North America by Sajida Sultana Alvi,Homa Hoodfar,Sheila McDonough Pdf

The issue of veiling has been remarkably under-researched and over-ideologized. In recent years, the adoption of the veil has come to symbolize a brave expression of choice: women reaching out to tradition, but hoping it will not jeopardize their place in the larger North American society. It is with this in mind that the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) invited scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, and Islamic studies to carry out a systematic study of issues surrounding different practices of the hijab among Muslim communities. This book is the result of that study.

Author : Husain A. Nuri,Āhamada Manasura
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Qurʼan
ISBN : 1936569086

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Juz 'Amma for School Students by Husain A. Nuri,Āhamada Manasura Pdf

Author : Ismael Ibrahim Mukhtar
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781525598616

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Manitoba Muslims by Ismael Ibrahim Mukhtar Pdf

Manitoba Muslims: A History of Resiliance and Growth is both a look back at the history of Muslims in the province of Manitoba, and a look forward into the future. The Muslims of Manitoba have a presence that reaches back beyond a century. They are a fast-growing demographic and continue to make many positive contributions to their community and country. The history of Manitoba Muslims is an integral part of the history of Manitoba and Canada; with a better collective understanding of our history, all Canadians can work together to create a more respectful, tolerant, and welcoming nation. This book opens with a history of the community, beginning in 1900. The second section examines some of the issues and challenges facing the Islamic community in Manitoba. The author examines the challenges faced by specific segments of the community, such as women, youth, and converts. In addition, address affiliations, controversies, social issues, halal alternatives, integration, and Islamophobia. This book will appeal to members of the public interested in learning about Islam and the Muslim community in Manitoba. It will also serve as an informative resource for historians, faith groups, and governing bodies.

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032044888

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Supporting Modern Teaching in Islamic Schools by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Author : Peter J. Schuurman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773558342

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The Subversive Evangelical by Peter J. Schuurman Pdf

Evangelicals have been scandalized by their association with Donald Trump, their megachurches summarily dismissed as “religious Walmarts.” In The Subversive Evangelical Peter Schuurman shows how a growing group of “reflexive evangelicals” use irony to critique their own tradition and distinguish themselves from the stereotype of right-wing evangelicalism. Entering the Meeting House – an Ontario-based Anabaptist megachurch – as a participant observer, Schuurman discovers that the marketing is clever and the venue (a rented movie theatre) is attractive to the more than five thousand weekly attendees. But the heart of the church is its charismatic leader, Bruxy Cavey, whose anti-religious teaching and ironic tattoos offer a fresh image for evangelicals. This charisma, Schuurman argues, is not just the power of one individual; it is a dramatic production in which Cavey, his staff, and attendees cooperate, cultivating an identity as an “irreligious” megachurch and providing followers with a more culturally acceptable way to practise their faith in a secular age. Going behind the scenes to small group meetings, church dance parties, and the homes of attendees to investigate what motivates these reflexive evangelicals, Schuurman reveals a playful and provocative counterculture that distances itself from prevailing stereotypes while still embracing a conservative Christian faith.

Author : Lois Sweet
Publisher : M&S
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0771083203

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God in the Classroom by Lois Sweet Pdf

No matter what your opinion is, this thought-provoking book will make you think again, as Lois Sweet sets out, in an even-handed, informative, and accessible way, to address the thorny issue of religion and education.