Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Muslim Education Quarterly, cilt.24, ss.1-11, 2011 (Hakemli Dergi)
This article highlights the need for Muslim scholars to research micro and
macro social history, especially the social history of Islamic Education. The
major criticism that can be directed at books of Islamic history is that they are
devoid of any mention of the complex history of the social aspects that make
up the Muslim world. The majority of Islamic history books seem to be
concerned with the study of the Caliphs, military conquests, politics, and
reforms. If a history book about Islam does mention the social aspects, it will
mention them as a mere footnote. In the English language, there exist, to our
knowledge, very few analytical studies of the social aspects of Muslim society
in history. Thus, the main intention of this article is to provide an insight into
the importance of the study of Islamic social history, local or international. The
main interest from the viewpoint of contemporary times is the state of
education in Muslim countries. It is a fact that the highest illiteracy rates in
the world are to be found in Muslim countries. In both Egypt and Pakistan, the
statistics for illiteracy show that it is higher than 70%. One has to ask why this
is so when a few centuries back the Muslim countries were the seats of
knowledge and education.