Women, Cosmopolitanism and Islamic Education

This book examines the concepts of knowledge and education in Isl?m, demystifying many of the (mis)perceptions associated with Muslim women, in particular. It explores how a renewed Muslim education informed by the principles of democratic citizenship education can begin to reshape multifarious forms of engagement by, with and among Muslim women.

Nuraan Davids is a lecturer in the Department of Education Policy Studies within the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University. She holds a doctorate in the philosophy of education. Her interests include democratic citizenship education, Islamic education and ethics in education with a particular focus on educational policy, theory and practice, management and leadership inquiry.

Contents: (Un)mending Apartheid – Feminism and Muslim Women – Conceptions of Knowledge and Education in Isl?m – Journeying Identity – Images of Identity – Cosmopolitanism, Democratic Citizenship and Islamic Education.