Islam, education and reform in southern Thailand : tradition & transformation /

LIOW Chinyong Joseph

Islam, education and reform in southern Thailand : tradition & transformation / Joseph Chinyong Liow. - Singapore: ISEAS, 2009 - xxiii, 218 p.

Study of education in Southern Thiland which notes the enormous complexity of the subject; the role of ethno-religious identity (Malay Muslims); structure of Islamic education; pedagogies, curricula and texts; and the attitiude of the Thai state to the educational preferences of the regions Muslim inhabitants. Also covers the growing role of the Jemaat Tabligh movement.

9789812309549 (hbk) : 42.90GSD


THAILAND--SOUTHERN PROVINCES
THAILAND--ISLAMIC EDUCATION