Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / David Post, Mark Ginsburg, and Heidi Ross. -- Education in Islam--myths and truths / Wadad Kadi. -- Islamic reformation : a histo ry of Madrasa reform and legal change in Egypt / Indira Falk Gesink. -- "When Muawiya entered the curriculum"--some comments on the Iraqi educ ation system in the interwar period / Orit Bashkin. -- Be masters in th at you teach and continue to learn : medieval Muslim thinkers on educat ional theory / Sebastian Gunther. -- Islamic education and civil societ y : reflections on the Pesantren tradition in contemporary Indonesia / Florian Pohl. -- Reclaiming an ideal : the Islamization of education in the southern Philippines / Jeffrey Ayala Milligan. -- "A modern, integ ral, and open understanding" : Sunni Islam and Lebanese identity in the Makassed Association / Mandy Terc. -- Religious school enrollment in P akistan : a look at the data / Tahir Andrabi ... [et al.] -- Memorizati on and learning in Islamic schools / Helen N. Boyle. -- Qur'anic educat ion and social change in northern Morocco: perspectives from Chefchaoue n / Sobhi Tawil.