Islam and citizenship education in Singapore: Challenges and implications

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-39

  Tan, Charlene ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

citizenship education; Islam; Islamic revivalism; Muslims; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993790777     PISSN: 17461979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1746197907072124     Document Type: Article

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