Abstract
Institutions of higher learning in the Muslim world are generally underpinnned by
an Islamic ethos; but, despite this, they have encountered numerous challenges
from various stakeholders inside and outside their structures. This article
undertakes a review of Bakar, Eric Winkel and Amranʼs co-edited conference
proceedings titled Contemporary higher education needs in Muslim countries:
Defining the role of Islam in 21st century higher education (2011). The reason
is basically twofold: the first is that there are few English publications that have
dealt with themes that the conference set itself out to explore, and the second is
to assess whether the set of papers in this publication satisfactorily succeeded
in adressing the themes.