عنوان

Traditional Muslim institutions in southern Thailand:

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TLpq303925676

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Title Proper

Traditional Muslim institutions in southern Thailand:

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

H. Madmarn

Title Proper by Another Author

A critical study of Islamic education and Arabic influence in the 'pondok' and 'madrasah' systems of Pattani

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

L. A. Giffen

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Utah

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1990

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

327

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

The University of Utah

Text preceding or following the note

1990

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This study is concerned with the Islamic education and Arabic influence in the Muslim institutions, pondok and madrasah, of Pattani--a southern border province of Thailand--once a center of Islamic education and a 'cradle of Islam' for the Malay Muslim world. The introduction provides definitions of some terms used in this work. The discussion begins with the general atmosphere of Pattani, the pondok, and its contributions. The Pattani 'usdulam\ ausd', their works and their roles in Islamic education both inside and outside Pattani are discussed in depth. The influence of Kitab Jawi (religious books written in the Malay language in modified Arabic script) and the Arabic language in the Muslim community of Pattani are critically discussed in detail. The Pattani Muslim-owned printing presses play a key role in the survival of this aspect of Malay-Muslim intellectual activity. As a center of the traditional Islamic education of the Muslims, those of Pattani in particular and the Thailand in general, the pondok, the traditional Islamic school, became the focal point of attention by the Thai government, especially the policy makers, in the past three decades. Government educational reform programs have striven to get education in the Thai language and culture and general subjects incorporated into the Islamic religious schools. Though the initiative and efforts of the Muslim community many of the traditional pondoks have been transmuted into the madrasah, similar to those in the contemporary Arab world, offering Arabic and Islamic religious instruction by more modern methods. More recently these have been officially called the Islamic Private School. After considerable initial resistance and questioning of this program, the religious teachers eventually adjusted their institutions to cope with both the needs of the Islamic community and the need to respond to the government's policy. By and large, the policy of the government toward the Islamic private schools brings the standard of Thai education to parity with that of the public schools and the Arabic-religious education equivalent to that of the Muslim countries.

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H. Madmarn

L. A. Giffen

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