Lagging Behind Others?: An Exploration of Muslims’ Educational Outlook in Modern Times

• Main Author: Sajjad, Fatima Waqi
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: coloniality of knowledge; decolonizing higher education; epistemic hegemony; Muslim education; religious/secular divide
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol8/iss2/7; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1149/viewcontent/ST_208.2_207_20Article_20__20Sajjad.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In this paper I explore how modern Muslims’ educational outlook has been affected by colonial disruptions of the past and coloniality of the present. Focusing on the case of colonial India and modern-day Pakistan, I explore how the colonial intrusion in India dichotomized local Muslim education into...