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Publication Date: 2020
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Between "Islamic" and "Un-Islamic": Navigating Religion at an American Islamic High School
Religious Education, v115 n4 p384-399 2020
This article aims to demonstrate how one American Islamic school community grapples with external and internal demands on religion, and how this process impacts notions of what is religious. At 'Ilm High School, an Islamic high school on America's West Coast, school administrators and teachers must accommodate students' and parents' diverse and often competing ideas about Islam and the "Islamic." In doing so, they sometimes downplay the "Islamic" in their Islamic Studies classes, policies, and school representation. They do this without venturing into the "un-Islamic", casting a wide "religious net" and keeping Islam capacious and relevant enough for Muslim students.
Descriptors: Islam, High School Students, Religious Factors, Religious Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, School Policy, Muslims, Relevance (Education)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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