Contesting religious educational discourses and institutions in contemporary Egypt

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ID18964662
AuthorsMehmet Ozan Aşik (University of Cambridge), Ozan Aşık (0000-0002-5588-2376, University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume59
Issue1
Pages84-101
Publication date2012-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0037768611432119
OpenAlexW2136636176
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

The author aims to examine the perceptions and practices of the state and different Islamist groups with regard to religious education in Egypt from the 1970s onwards. The rise of Islamism in Egypt has created strife between the ruling elites and dissident Islamist groups, as both sides seek to capture the religious discourse and control religious socialization through mass education. This strife has resulted in the emergence of alternative Islamic educational areas such as private Islamic schools and Al-Azhar schools. The Mubarak government in Egypt seeks to institutionalize a discourse in state religious education. The reactions of moderate and radical Islamist groups to such efforts have produced important, unintended consequences that may be seen to have undermined the legitimacy of the regime

Government (linguistics) · Islam · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Religious education · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools

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