Thinking the unthinkable : the modernization and reform of Islamic higher education in Indonesia

• Main Author: Farish A. Noor
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Islam
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91491; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/5932
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The reform and modernization of Higher Islamic Education has been an ongoing concern for many a Muslim-majority state since the advent of modern Islamic studies in the postcolonial era. Fraught with political and ideological controversies and complications, many of the attempts to reform and...