ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the era of praxis has brought about a deeper sense of introspection and, as a result, a dissatisfaction with the state of Islamic schooling. It provides an overview of alternative Islamically based models of schooling that have developed since the early 2000s. The chapter elaborates on how tarbiyah and khalifa have been integrated to reshape models of Islamic schooling. It describes a critical social consciousness and revived principles has resulted in new forms of Islamic education. The chapter presents by establishing context with the impact of 9/11 on North American Muslims and as a result the response of a critical social consciousness. It examines how such a consciousness has revived and redefined the educational aims of Islamic education from within the Islamic tradition. The chapter purposes of protecting children from schools is to protect them from other children—Muslim or not.
