Organization for Islamic Area StudiesWaseda University

Edited by SAKURAI Keiko and Fariba Adelkhah
Published 7th March 2011

Contents

1. Introduction: The Moral Economy of the Madrasa
   by Fariba Adelkhah and SAKURAI Keiko
2. The Rise of the New Madrasas and the Decline of Tribal Leadership within the Federal Administrated Tribal Area (FATA), Pakistan
   by YAMANE So
3. Women’s Empowerment and Iranian-style Seminaries in Iran and Pakistan”
   by SAKURAI Keiko
4. Contested Notions of being ‘Muslim’: Madrasas, Ulama and the Authenticity of Islamic Schooling in Bangladesh
   by Humayun Kabir
5. Islamic Education in China: Triple Discrimination and the Challenge of Hui Women’s Madrasas
   by MATSUMOTO Masumi and SHIMBO Atsuko
6. Religious Dependency in Afghanistan: Shia Madrasas as a Religious Mode of Social Assertion?
   by Fariba Adelkhah
7. Epilogue: Madrasas – Vitality and Diversity
   by Dale F. Eickelman