Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830-1910

During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. Drawing on sources from public and private archives, Ivermee presents a study of British/Muslim negotiations over the secularization of colonial Indian education and on the changing nature of secularism across space and time.

Robert Ivermee

Introduction: Secularism Considered; Chapter 1 Secular Education and Religious Identity; Chapter 2 Education, Religion and State in Ireland and India; Chapter 3 The Calcutta Madrasa and Muslim Education in Bengal; Chapter 4 Religious Education and State Withdrawal in the Punjab; Chapter 5 The Campaign for a Muslim University; conclusion Conclusion: Secularism Contested;