1st Edition
From Behind the Curtain A Study of a Girls’ Madrasa in India
By Mareike Winkelmann
Copyright 2006
176 Pages
by
Routledge
In the aftermath of 9/11 Islamic seminaries or madrasas received much media attention in India, mostly owing to the alleged link between madrasa education and forms of violence. Yet, while ample information on madrasas for boys is available, similar institutions of Islamic learning for girls have for the greater part escaped public attention so far. This study investigates how madrasas for girls... Read more
Ch.1: Introduction, Ch.2: Discussing girls' madrasas: absences and appearances, Ch.3: The 'men behind the curtain' and the tablighi link, Ch.4: Curriculum and learning, Ch.5: Female authority and the public, Ch.6: Girls' madrasas revisited
Biography
Mareike Winkelmann received her MA in Theology from the University of Kampen in 1999. Her research dealt with Islam in India and attempted to revisit history in order to find new approaches for a theology of reconciliation. In 2000 she obtained her Mphil from the ISIM after investigating the early history of Muslim women's education in India. Winkelmann's interest in Islam in India, women's education, and theology then formed the basis for her PhD research at the ISIM between 2001 and 2005.
