ERIC Number: EJ821637
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0218-8791
Islam and Education Policy Reform in the Southern Philippines
Milligan, Jeffrey Ayala
Asia Pacific Journal of Education, v28 n4 p369-381 Dec 2008
The devolution of control over education policy in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao of the southern Philippines has led, in recent years, to efforts to Islamise education in the region, a trend reflective of similar efforts in other Southeast Asian Muslim countries but often seen as worrisome by secular observers concerned about the alleged radicalising influences of Islamic education. This essay critically examines two approaches to the Islamisation of education proposed by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas and Fazlur Rahman, arguing that Islamisation of education in Muslim Mindanao is more likely to take a pragmatic than fundamentalist course.
Descriptors: Muslims, Islam, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Religious Education, Criticism, Educational History, Futures (of Society), Trend Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines