Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830-1910

Secularism, Islam and Education in India, 1830-1910 Synopsis

Secularism is a growing topic of interest within current scholarship. During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. In contrast, local Muslim elites emphasized the importance of religion to the public sphere. Drawing on sources from both 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.<br>