RT Article
T1 Islamic schooling, migrant Muslims and the problem of integration in The Netherlands
JF British Journal of religious education
VO 43
IS 2
SP 196
OP 205
A1 Muslih, Muslih
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1753023793
AB In the Netherlands, Islamic schools and Islamic education in general have been subjects of public debate for quite some time. After the event of 9/11, they found themselves increasingly being criticised and some people in Dutch society go as far as considering them breeding grounds for terrorism and think they foster an anti-integration attitude among their students. In this article, however, I will demonstrate that Islamic education can function in and be adjusted well to the requirements of the local communities where Islamic education is offered to Muslims. I will argue that in the Netherlands teachers utilise Islamic primary schools to promote their students’ integration into Dutch society, as their mission statements indeed explicitly state. The inclusion of civic education into the curriculum of Islamic schools is another indication that they seriously teach their students how to be good citizens who can actively participate in Dutch society. This article is thus to show that Islamic primary schools are well able to prepare their students both physically and mentally for integration into Dutch society.
K1 Muslims in Dutch society
K1 Social Integration
K1 Islamic primary school
DO 10.1080/01416200.2019.1628004