Islamic Education in Belgium: Past, Present, and Future
This article focuses on Islamic education in Belgium. First, attention is given to the organization of Islamic classes in state schools, where some important problems occur, such as the lack of appropriate teachers and inspectors, the mono-confessional content of the curricula, and the absence of st...
| Published in: | Religious education |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2017
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| In: |
Religious education
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education BJ Islam KBD Benelux countries |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article focuses on Islamic education in Belgium. First, attention is given to the organization of Islamic classes in state schools, where some important problems occur, such as the lack of appropriate teachers and inspectors, the mono-confessional content of the curricula, and the absence of state control. Next, the content of religious education (RE) classes in Catholic schools, which are also attended by many Muslims, will be addressed. Finally, the author argues that a shift within the current RE classes is not sufficient today. Based on autonomy-based, epistemological, and societal arguments, the author proposes a shift from confessional to non-confessional RE. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2017.1303300 |