Enjoining good and forbidding evil: Islamic education and local traditions in Afghanistan

This paper explores the role of higher education in the ongoing value discourse about local traditions and interpretations of Islamic orthodoxy in Eastern Afghanistan. It focuses on the educational trajectories of Afghan students, graduates and teachers of Islamic academic subjects, which often star...

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Main Author: Dürr, Andreas (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: DGA 2016
In: Asien
Year: 2016, Volume: 138, Pages: 89-107
Further subjects:B Afghanistan
B College student
B Religion
B Teaching
B University education
B Pupil
B International migration
B Madrasa
B Pakistan
B Islam
B Education
B Islamic law
B Traditional culture
Parallel Edition:Electronic