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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Waghid, Yusef; Davids, Nuraan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
The euphoria of the recent Arab Spring that was initiated in northern African countries such as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and spilled over to Bahrain, Yemen and Syria brings into question as to whether democratic citizenship education or more pertinently, education for democratic citizenship can successfully be cultivated in most of the Arab and…
Descriptors: Arabs, Muslims, Citizenship, Gender Differences
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Waghid, Yusef; Davids, Nuraan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
If Islam continues to evoke skepticism, as it has done most intensely since 9/11, then it stands to reason that its tenets and education are viewed with equal mistrust, and as will be highlighted in this special issue, equal misunderstanding. The intention of this special edition is neither to counter the accusations Islam stands accused of, nor…
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Education, Terrorism, Misconceptions
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Davids, Nuraan – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2014
Women's bodies, states Benhabib ("Dignity in adversity: human rights in troubled times," Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011: 168), have become the site of symbolic confrontations between a re-essentialized understanding of religious and cultural differences and the forces of state power, whether in their civic-republican,…
Descriptors: Muslims, Islam, Self Concept, Islamic Culture