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" Education in Muslim Southeast Asia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Hefner, Robert W.
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English
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1061492
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ALei1889
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Hefner, Robert W.
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Education in Muslim Southeast Asia - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Hefner, Robert W.
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,425 words)
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Education in Muslim Southeast Asia has long varied in content, sponsorship, and organisation. Before the nineteenth century, the dominant variety of popular Islamic culture was based on a “mystic synthesis” (Ricklefs, Islamisation , 7–10), which combined a commitment to Islamic identity and observance of Islam’s five pillars with the veneration of regional guardian spirits of the earth, water, and air. Instead of networks of madrasa -based scholars, local rulers played the pivotal role in the custodianship and transmission of religious culture. They sponsored public rituals, artistic performances, and study
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Islam.
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ALei1889.pdf
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