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Teaching Islam : textbooks and religion in the Middle East
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Teaching Islam : textbooks and religion in the Middle East

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Textbook Islam, nation building, and the question of violence / Gregory Starrett and Eleanor Abdella Doumato
Egypt : promoting tolerance, defending against Islamism / James A. Toronto and Muhammad S. Eissa
Iran : a Shi'ite curriculum to serve the Islamic state / Golnar Mehran
Jordan : prescription for obedience and conformity / Betty Anderson
Kuwait : striving to align Islam with Western values / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra
Oman : cultivating good citizens and religious virtue / Mandana E. Limbert
The Palestinian national authority : the politics of writing and interpreting curricula. Genesis of a new curriculum / Nathan Brown ; A conflict of historical narratives / Seif Da'Na
Saudi Arabia : from "Wahhabi" roots to contemporary revisionism / Eleanor Abdella Doumato
Syria : secularism, Arabism, and Sunni orthodoxy / Joshua Landis
Turkey : sanctifying a secular state / Ozlem Altan
Textbook meanings and the power of interpretation / Gregory Starrett
Conclusion : tailor-made Islam / Eleanor Abdella Doumato and Gregory Starrett.

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