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JANUARY 2008 INTERSESSION
- Building Abrahamic Partnerships DI-650 (Landau), January 13-20
WINTER/SPRING 2008
- Introduction to Islamic Law ET-640, ONLINE (Mattson)
Online beginning week of Monday, January 28
This course will provide a critical overview of the history and practice of Islamic law. We begin by examining the origins of Islamic law, the development of the classical schools of jurisprudence and the nature of pre-modern legal institutions, especially the courts and madrasa education. In following classes, we will explore the substance of classical Islamic law, especially in the areas of family, finance and international relations. Next, we will discuss the impact of colonialism and modernity on Islamic legal discourses and institutions and finish with a discussion of the way in which Islamic law is observed in contemporary America. Ingrid Mattson, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
- Islam in Iraq, Pakistan, and India HI-636, (Abu-Rabi')
Thursdays from 7 to 9:20 PM beginning January 31
This course explores the different forms of Islam in three very different parts of the world. In Pakistan, Muslims are overwhelmingly in the majority; in India, Muslims are a minority; and in Iraq, Muslims are having to cope with war and the continuing presence of Allied troops. The colonial history and the emergence of these states will be explored. Students will be given the opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing the Muslim communities in these countries. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
- Introduction to Arabic Morphology and Syntax LG-581, Mondays and Wednesdays 5:15-6:25 p.m. (Blackburn)
- Concepts of the Afterlife in Qur'an and Hadith SC-623, Thursdays 4:30-6:50 p.m. (Smith)
A consideration of the Islamic eschatological narrative as presented in the Qur’an, beginning with the death of the individual and ending with habitation in the final abodes of the Garden or the Fire. We will look at how this narrative is supplemented by Islamic tradition, and how it compares in its general outline with the concepts of life after death in the scriptures of other religious traditions of the world. Note: This is an intermediate graduate level course. Successful completion of one previous course in Islam or permission of the instructor is required. Jane I. Smith, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
SUMMER 2008
- Major Islamic Thinkers TH-683, ONLINE, May 26-June 27 (Al Husaini)
- Intro to Morphology and Syntax LG-581, June 9-June 27, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. (Blackburn)
- Building Abrahamic Partnerships DI-650, June 2-6, all day and evenings (Landau)
- Contemporary Islamic Ethics ET-655, June 9-13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Mattson)
- Islamic Congregations RS-677, June 16-20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Bagby)
- Building Abrahamic Partnerships II DI-651, June 23-27 (Landau)
Proposed Courses for Fall 2008
- Dialogue in a World of Difference
- Facets of Yusef from Abrahamic Scriptures
- Iqbal, Nursi and Abduh: 20th Century Islamic Thinkers
- Understanding Islam: Rumor and Reality
- Arabic Bibliographic Resources
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