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The Role of Islam in Muslim Higher Education in India: The Case of Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2016

Gry Hvass Pedersen
Gry Hvass Pedersen*
Affiliation:
University of Southern Denmark
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Abstract

With the worldwide expansion of the modern university system during the twentieth century, higher education has become an important feature of our modern society at a global level. Islamic universities form part of this global phenomenon, but so far major studies on the globalized higher education system have ignored the role of religion in this field. This article briefly explores the role of Islam at three Islamic universities in India, with a primary focus on the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in New Delhi. JMI was established in 1920 and holds a long history of providing higher education, particular for Muslims, within the specific national context of India, where Muslims constitute a significant minority. More precisely, the article investigates how the “Islamic” is defined and expressed differently at the three institutions and what that difference means in conceptual terms. Finally, the findings are placed in relation to the issue of standardization/localization within the theory on globalized education.

Keywords

Islamic universitiesMuslim higher educationJamia Millia IslamiaIndian Muslims
Type
SPECIAL SECTION REPORT ON THE MODERN MUSLIM SUBJECTIVITIES PROJECT
Information
Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , February 2016 , pp. 28 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 2016 

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