Muslim-Based Schools in South Africa and the Potential for Interreligious Dialogue as Democratic Engagement
The proliferation of Muslim-based schools which accompanied South Africa's transition to a democracy provides significant commentary not only on the historical bearing of these schools but also on their perceived role in relation to a democracy. Notably, while there are definitive differences b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 7, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 289-307 |
| Further subjects: | B
democratic engagement
B Islamic Philosophy B South Africa B Interreligious Dialogue B Muslim-based schools |
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| Summary: | The proliferation of Muslim-based schools which accompanied South Africa's transition to a democracy provides significant commentary not only on the historical bearing of these schools but also on their perceived role in relation to a democracy. Notably, while there are definitive differences between the contextual ideologies of an apartheid and a democratic state, it is possible to trace a common thread behind the formation of Muslim-based schools: specifically, that the state cannot be trusted with the education of Muslim children. Arising from the trajectory of Muslim-based schools are two interests that this article seeks to explore. The first centres on the motivations behind Muslim-based schools and whether these have shifted since their historical inceptions. The second examines how Muslim-based schools might (re)conceive of themselves in a democracy by drawing on their own paradigmatic foundations as a guiding philosophy for interreligious dialogue as a form of democratic engagement. |
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| ISSN: | 2397-348X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/isit.26883 |
