The extra-religious functions of madaris : implications for community planning in Pakistan

The current mantra of development advocates macro level, top down approaches which largely ignore the potential for change inherent within existing indigenous grass root social structures. One such indigenous social institution prevalent in the Islamic World is that of the religious school locally k...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aijazi, Omer
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23840