International approaches to Islamic studies in higher education


Hussain A. M.

HEFCE, ss.93, Leeds, 2008

  • Yayın Türü: Bilirkişi Raporu / Bilirkişi Raporu
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Leeds
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This report considers the academic approach of selected countries (including the UK) to the study of Islamic studies in higher education. The objectives of the desk-based research, commissioned by HEFCE, were to:

*map different approaches to Islamic studies

*understand how publicly funded universities and colleges relate to private institutions that offer programmes of study in or related to Islamic studies

*understand the size and scope of Islamic studies capacity in each country in order to reach a judgement about the 'health of the discipline' in each country

*identify, for each country, whether Islamic studies has gained in prominence in the past 10 years, for what reason(s) and how policy-makers, Government or funding bodies have responded.

The report found that Islamic studies has increased in prominence in the eight countries surveyed. This has led to:

*efforts to incorporate aspects of the training of local Muslim leaders, including imams, into higher education programmes

*the development of inter- and trans-regional centres for the study of Islam and Muslims