TY - GEN T1 - Shaping global Islamic discourses : the role of al-Azhar, al-Medina and al-Mustafa T2 - Exploring Muslim contexts. A2 - Bano, Masooda A2 - Sakurai, Keiko LA - English PP - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press in association with the Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn919002860 AB - Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. Explores the influence of centres of Islamic learning in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt. Claims abound that Saudi oil money is fuelling Salafi Islam in cultural and geographical terrains as disparate as the remote hamlets of the Swat valley in Pakistan and sprawling megacities such as Jakarta. In a similar manner, it is often regarded as a fact that Iran and the Sunni Arab states are fighting proxy wars in foreign lands. This empirically grounded study challenges the assumptions prevalent within academic as well as policy circles about hegemonic power of such Islamic discourses and movements to penetrate all Muslim communities and societies. Through case studies of academic institutions the volume illustrates how transmission of ideas is an extremely complex process, and the outcome of such efforts depends not just on the strategies adopted by backers of those ideologies but equally on the characteristics of the receipt communities. In order to understand this complex interaction between the global and local Islam and the plurality in outcomes, the volume focuses on the workings of three universities with global outreach, and whose graduating students carry the ideas acquired during their education back to their own countries, along with, in some cases, a zeal to reform their home society. Key Features Focuses on case studies of three of the most influential international centres of Islamic learning in contemporary times: Al-Azhar University in Egypt, International Islamic University of Medina in Saudi Arabia, and Al-Mustafa University in Iran Traces the activities and influence of graduates in their home communities to show how ideas are transmitted from one locale to another and how this process often induces adjustments within those ideas Takes a comparative appoach with cases from North and West Africa and Southeast Asia OP - 232 CN - LC903 .S53 2015eb SN - 9780748696871 SN - 0748696873 SN - 9781474403481 SN - 1474403484 SN - 9781474412247 SN - 1474412246 SN - 9780748696857 SN - 0748696857 KW - Jāmiʻat al-Azhar : Influence. KW - Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah : Influence. KW - Jāmiʻat al-Muṣṭafá al-ʻĀlamīyah (Iran) : Influence. KW - Jāmiʻat al-Muṣṭafá al-ʻĀlamīyah (Iran) KW - Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah KW - Jāmiʻat al-Azhar KW - al- Madinah International University KW - al- Mustafa International University KW - al-Azhar University KW - Islamic universities and colleges : Influence. KW - Islamic religious education. KW - Islam : 21st century. KW - Islamic universities and colleges : Alumni and alumnae : Congresses. KW - Islam : 1800- KW - Universités islamiques : Influence. KW - Islam : Histoire : 21e siècle. KW - Universités islamiques : Anciens élèves : Congrès. KW - RELIGION : Islam : General. KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Islam KW - Islamic religious education KW - Auslegung KW - Salafija KW - Schiiten KW - Globalisierung KW - Since 1800 KW - Conference papers and proceedings ER -