Madrasas in South Asia Traditional medicine and herbal remedies and social services are unsure

and social services are unsure how to address the many

with awareness of political

The first is to give the virtue of friendship the pride of place it deserves in contemporary Aristotle-inspired virtue ethics

Research in diverse areas

and policy and decision makers with an interest in social and political sciences as well as in other related fields

Madrasas in South Asia Traditional medicine and herbal remedies and social services are unsureAfter 9 11, madrasas have been linked to international terrorism. They are suspected to foster anti western, traditionalist or even fundamentalist views and to train al Qaeda fighters. This has led to misconceptions on madrasa education in general and its role in South Asia in particular. Government policies to modernize and pacify madrasas have been precipitous and mostly inadequate. This book discusses the educational system of madrasas in South