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Re‐envisioning the Future: Democratic Citizenship Education and Islamic Education
Author(s) -
Waghid Yusef,
Smeyers Paul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9752.12118
Subject(s) - islam , democracy , citizenship , cosmopolitanism , patriotism , sociology , global citizenship education , hospitality , dictatorship , obedience , political science , social science , gender studies , politics , citizenship education , law , philosophy , theology , tourism
In this article we address the issue of why democratic citizenship education should be incorporated more meaningfully into Islamic education discourses in formal institutions in the A rab and M uslim world. In the A rab and M uslim world civic and national education seem to be the dominant discourses. We argue that the latter discourses are inadequate to address some of the dystopias in the A rab and M uslim world such as the perpetuation of patriarchy, uncritical obedience to the state (often dictatorships), and blind patriotism. Consequently we posit that unless a culture of acceptance and hospitality (i.e. cosmopolitanism) is cultivated at Islamic educational institutions the possibility of democratic citizenship education unfolding is quite remote. That is, the future of Islamic education can only be re‐envisioned if an amended version of democratic citizenship education can inform Islamic education discourses in institutions—one constituted by a culture of acceptance and hospitality.