BOOK: Madarsa Education: Its Strength and Weakness

Title:                    Madarsa Education: Its Strength and Weakness
Author:                Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi 
Publisher:             Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd. Delhi & Markazul Maarif Mumbai
Year:                   2005    
Pages :                xvi + 212, Index, Bibliography    
ISBN :                  81-7827113-1
ISBN13:               9788178271132
OCLC Number      61211655
LC Classification   LC910.I4 Q385 2005
Price :                  Rs. 500  or $ 15.00   

About The Book:

Madrasa Education: Its Strength and Weakness is a brilliant work done on the subject. As the book deals with the history of madrasas through ages it discusses the burning issues like fundamentalism, terrorism, syllabus and curricula of madras, the author being a madras product himself was duly able to present the reality. This is, undoubtedly, a tremendous effort of the young author that beckons a brighter future for him. The book shall stand out be a new kind of vision throwing light on madrasas from a different angle.

There was another publication from the same publishers entitled ‘Madrasa Education Framework’ by Muhammad Sajid Qasmi.

About The Author:

Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi, Graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1998 with 2nd position. He completed special Arabic literature and Islamic Jurisprudence (Mufti) courses from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Khalili started his career at Markazul Maarif Education and Research Centre (MMERC), Mumbai in 2002 as a Research Fellow and Online Mufti @ www.markazulmaarif.org.  He is freelance journalist and English-Urdu-Arabic translator and editor. He can be accessed at: khaliliqasmi@gmail.com

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Author's Note

I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MADRASAS :
1. Education in Islam
2. Learning Places in Early Days of Islam
3. Roles of Mosques in Education
4. Mosques as Learning Places
5. Madrasas Adjacent to Mosques
6. Building of Madrasas
7. Madrasas in Islamic Spain
8. Madrasas in Ottoman Caliphate
9. Madrasas in Islamic India
10. First Madrasa in India
11. Muslim Rulers and Madrasas
12. A Question

II. FREEDOM Movement (1857) AND MADRASAS : 1. A Turning Point for Madrasa Educational Systems
2. 1857 and Madrasas
3. Educational Policy of the British Government
4. ChristianMissionaries and their Menace
5. Three Educational Movements of the Age
6. Darul Uloom Deoband
7. Why This View was not implemented?
8. Did Maulana Nanautavi Oppose Learning English?
9. Establishment of Darul Uloom Deoband
10. Maulana Nanautavi : Founder of a New Madrasa System
11. Revival of Madrasa System
12. Establishment of Madrasas on Darul Uloom Pattern
13. Aligarh Muslim University
14. Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
15. How was the Experience of the Three Movements?

III. EDUCATION SYSTEMS THROUGH AGES :
1. Education System from Early Age of Islam
2. Four Phases of Madrasa Education Systems in India
3. Mullah Nizamuddin Lucknowi
4. Dars-e-Nizami
5. Is Mullah Nizamuddin Really the Founder of Dars-e-Nizami?
6. Success of Dars-e-Nizami
7. Dars-e-Nizami & Past Educationists
8. Shah Waliullah & His Family's Educational Contribution

IV. EXISTING SYSTEM OF MADRASA EDUCATION :
1. Number of Madrasas in India
2. Number of Madrasas in Pakistan
3. Number of Madrasas in Bangladesh
4. Number of Madrasas in Nepal & Philippine
5. Madrasas in other Parts of the World
6. Darul Uloom Deoband
7. Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
8. Jamat Islami Madrasas & Their Pattern of Teaching
9. Jamiatul Hidaya at Jaipur : A Third Type of Madrasa
10. Madrasa Education Boardsa
2. Ma'ani & Balagat
3. Inclusion of History Books
4. Inclusion of Tasawwuf Books
5. Books on Comparative Religion
6. Modern Sciences and Madrasas
7. Logic and Philosophy Books
8. Kalam & Aquaid
9. Dawrah Hadith
10. Tafseer & Madrasas
11. Madrasas Forgot Their Mission
12. Short-term Courses of Islamic Studies

VI. DIVISION BETWEEN WORLDLY AND ISLAMIC EDUCATION :
1. How This Gulf Widened?
2. Ulama and Modern Education

VII. THE MODERN SYLLABUS SYSTEM AND PROBLEMS :
1. Distinct Features of Islamic Education
2. The Status of Modern Teachers
3. Problem of Changing Syllabus Every Year
4. Shortcomings in Modern Syllabus System
5. Change of Objectives of the Education
6. Co-education in Modern Institutions
7. Modern Education : in the Eyes of Shibli, Iqbal & Others

VIII. MODERNIZATION OF MADRASAS :
1. Modernization : A Political Issue
2. Modernization Call By Scholars
3. Madrasas Reformed Their Syllabi

IX. MISCONCEPTION REGARDING MADRASA :
1. Al-Qaeda Men are not Madrasa Products
2. Indian Madrasas and Politics
3. Madrasas on Indo-Bangladesh Border
4. Madrasas on Indo-Nepal & Indo-Pak Border
5. Madrasas in Kashmir
6. Madrasas and Media
7. Madrasas can Play Peace Role
8. Difference between Indian & Pakistani Madrasas
9. Lack of Information
10. Rise in Madrasas Numbers
11. Foreign Funds
12. Change Hindu Schools First

X. ROLES OF MADRASAS IN VARIOUS Fields OF LIFE :
1. Centres to Preserve Islamic Identity
2. National Affairs
3. Promotion of Education
4. Literary and Academic Works
5. Muslim Leadership
6. Role of Madrasas in other Countries

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