Why do muslim parents want muslim schools?

Early Years

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-219

  McCreery, Elaine ^a   Jones, Liz ^a   Holmes, Rachel ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years; Faith schools; Muslim education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450256282     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140701594350     Document Type: Article

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