Schooling Muslims in Natal identity, state and the Orient Islamic Educational Institute / Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen.

Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Islam between empire and nation: Indian schooling, madressas and the state in Natal, c.1880-1927 -- Towards Aligarh in Africa: the founding of the Orient Islamic Educational Institute, 1927-43 -- Shifting grounds: the search for a school site in a divided city, 1943-8 -- Politics of "integrated" state-aided schooling, 1942-57 -- The making of Orient School, 1946-60 -- Deenyath: debating an Islamic syllabus for a state-aided school -- Duniyanee: teaching and learning in the era of separate development, 1960-94 -- Reorientations: from state-aided to independent status, 1994-8 -- Conclusion: the Orient in a new century -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Abstract Traces the labors and fortunes of a set of progressive idealists who, mobilizing merchant capital, transoceanic networks and informal political influence, established the Orient Islamic Educational Institute in 1943 to found schools and promote a secular curriculum that could be integrated with Islamic teaching. Through the story of their Durban flagship project - the Orient Islamic School - the book provides a fascinating account of the changing politics of religious identity, education and citizenship in South Africa.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2015302941
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