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Accepted Paper:
Transnational Communities of Knowledge: The Case of Muslim Reformist Intellectuals
Bakheit Mohammed Nur
(University of Bayreuth)
In many Muslim societies, reformist intellectuals establish transnational communities of knowledge in order to promote Islam-oriented education. This paper examines the essence of this transnationalism as well as epistemological and ideological premises that give a foundation to the communities.
Paper long abstract:
Islamization of knowledge is a new epistemological paradigm in Muslim education policy and practice around the globe. This trend is proposed and supported by Muslim reformist intellectuals who are transnationally interconnected through institutional networks, associations, and educational practices. Geographically, these intellectuals belong to different sociocultural backgrounds, however, they create transnational 'communities of practice' (Wenger, 1998) to advocate Islam-oriented knowledge and to (re)structure education in the Muslim world. This paper ethnographically examines the nature of this transnationalism and investigates how these knowledge-based networks function on the ground. What are the epistemological and ideological premises that interconnect and bind members of the communities together? What means of communication they use to establish and sustain these transnational networks and how?