Keiko Sakurai is Professor in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, Tokyo. The author of two books on Iran and a book on the Shia, her major interest lies in the analysis of the social change in contemporary Iran, with the special focus on the role of education.Fariba Adelkhah is Senior Research Fellow at Sciences Po in Paris. An anthropologist, her main research interests focus on the relationships and interplay between social changes and political transformations throughout the second half of the 20th century in Iran. She has written a number of books on Islam and Iran, and her current research deals with the Iranian Diaspora.

"The participants of this collection artfully bring together dimensions of madrasa schooling through a vigorous gathering of historical, statistical, and qualitative data." - Charis Boutieri, Kings College London; Journal of International and Global Studies"The authors have made an admirable, and for the most part effective, attempt to explore facets of Islamic education that other studies have typically overlooked." - Brannon D. Ingram; Cont Islam 7:263–266 (2013).

• 1. Introduction: The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today 2. The Rise of the New Madrasas and the Decline of Tribal Leadership in FATA, Pakistan 3. Women’s Empowerment and Iranian-style Seminaries in Iran and Pakistan 4. Contested Notions of being 'Muslim': Madrasas, Ulama and the Authenticity of Islamic Schooling in Bangladesh 5. Islamic Education in China: The Challenge of Educating Hui Women 6. Religious Dependency in Afghanistan: Shia Madrasas as a Religious Mode of Social Assertion? 7. Epilogue

Keiko Sakurai is Professor in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, Tokyo. The author of two books on Iran and a book on the Shia, her major interest lies in the analysis of the social change in contemporary Iran, with the special focus on the role of education.Fariba Adelkhah is Senior Research Fellow at Sciences Po in Paris. An anthropologist, her main research interests focus on the relationships and interplay between social changes and political transformations throughout the second half of the 20th century in Iran. She has written a number of books on Islam and Iran, and her current research deals with the Iranian Diaspora.

"The participants of this collection artfully bring together dimensions of madrasa schooling through a vigorous gathering of historical, statistical, and qualitative data." - Charis Boutieri, Kings College London; Journal of International and Global Studies"The authors have made an admirable, and for the most part effective, attempt to explore facets of Islamic education that other studies have typically overlooked." - Brannon D. Ingram; Cont Islam 7:263–266 (2013).

• 1. Introduction: The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today 2. The Rise of the New Madrasas and the Decline of Tribal Leadership in FATA, Pakistan 3. Women’s Empowerment and Iranian-style Seminaries in Iran and Pakistan 4. Contested Notions of being 'Muslim': Madrasas, Ulama and the Authenticity of Islamic Schooling in Bangladesh 5. Islamic Education in China: The Challenge of Educating Hui Women 6. Religious Dependency in Afghanistan: Shia Madrasas as a Religious Mode of Social Assertion? 7. Epilogue