Muslim Supplementary Classes: and their place within the wider learning community Short Stories

Muslim Supplementary Classes: and their place within the wider learning community Short StoriesMuslim Supplementary Classes presents one of the most significant pieces of ethnographic research of Muslims in Britain of recent decades. In this monograph, Gents research combines years of professional experience in education with a sensitivity towards one of the most time honoured traditions of Muslim learning: the recitation and memorization of the Quran. Using sound methodology, Gent successfully navigates the often controversial arena of Muslim

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of the earliest mystical commentaries on the Qur’an

tolerant and progressive religion

meandering walk around Kuala Lumpur

and sectarianism

Senior Education Professional

“I came to love him [Ibn ‘Arabī] while a teenager and understand him as an adult

It also incorporates rare material by Sheikh Abdullah himself which indicates the vastness of the Sufi spiritual heritage - the inner jewel of Islam

strikingly enhanced by the exquisite illustrations of the renowned artist Demi

”(from “The Pain of Separation”)

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”– Thomas Merton