Muslim schools in Britain: challenging mobilisations or logical developments?
Meer, Nasar (2007) Muslim schools in Britain: challenging mobilisations or logical developments? Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, 27, (1), 55-71. (doi:10.1080/02188790601145374).
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There are currently over 100 independent and seven state-funded Muslim schools in Britain yet their place within the British education system remains a hotly debated issue. This article argues that Muslim mobilisations for the institutional and financial incorporation of more Muslim
schools into the national framework are best understood as an addition to—or continuation of—a historical settlement between earlier religious minorities, the established church, and the state. To this end the article begins by assessing the relationship between governmental policy and the nature of Muslim identities that are presently informing Muslim mobilisations. It then addresses the arguments against Muslim schooling found in some of the broader philosophical, political, and sociological literature. Particular attention is afforded to the issue of autonomy, the role of civic assimilation in the remaking of British-Muslim constituencies as well as Muslim curriculum objectives and their implications for social cohesion. The article concludes that Muslim schools
can herald a constructive addition to the educational landscape and serve as an effective method of integrating religious minorities into a matrix of British citizenship
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0218-8791 (print) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Sociology and Social Policy |
| Item ID: | 71165 |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 05:19 |
| Contributors: | Meer, Nasar (Author) |
| Date: | March 2007 |
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| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71165 |
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