Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a timely and significant contribution to the growing body of empirical studies in Islamic education but also to the wider public at a time when intercultural understanding is so urgently needed. This invaluable research is of relevance to not only those interested in the world of religions and religious education but also those interested in understanding the dynamics of Muslims and Islam in the West.
—Professor Jenny Berglund, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education, Stockholm University
Islam is the fastest growing religion in Ireland. Given the debate over the role of faith-based schools in secular societies in the twenty - first century, this book provides deeper insight and understanding into the role of ethos and the teaching and learning of Islamic religious knowledge (IRE) in two primary Irish state funded Muslim schools.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction – Religious Education in Europe – Historical Background of Islamic Religious Education – Debates, Definitions and Contemporary Research on Muslim Schools and Islamic Religious Education – Religious Education in Ireland and the Rationale for Irish State-Funded Muslim Schools – An Exploration and Analysis of Ethos Inside Two Irish Muslim Schools – Insights and Perspectives on the Teaching of Arabic, the Quran and Islamic Studies in Two Irish Muslim Schools – Discussion and Conclusion – Appendices – Bibliography – Index.
