SECTION 3: ISLAM Schedule and Sources for November 2 to December 11, 2001 Friday, November 2 - Islam among the "Religions of the Book" *Koran, Suras 1, 3, 4, 6 [Course Website: Sura 1, Sura 3, Sura 4, Sura 6] *Peters, Reader on Classical Islam, 8-23 [Reserve] Ayoub, 353-67 [Oxtoby] Murata and Chittick, Vision of Islam, xiv-xxxix [Packet] Related Resources: M. Cherif Bassiouni's Introduction to Islam Tuesday, November 6 - The Koran as Revelation SHORT PAPERS ON CHRISTIANITY DUE *Koran, Suras 53, 87, 89, 96, 98 [Course Website: Sura 53, Sura 87, Sura 89, Sura 96, Sura 98] *Selections from The Life of Muhammad, 56-67 [Packet] Ayoub, 367-76 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: The Holy Qur'an (Arabic with English paraphrase) Qur'an Browser Islamicity: Topic Index of the Quran Islamic Interlink: The Prophet Muhammad and Tafsir of the Quran Qur'an and Hadith Collections Sunnah and Hadith, see esp. An Introduction to the Science of Hadith Friday, November 9 - The Koran as Worship *Koran, Suras 2, 22 [Course Website: Sura 2, Sura 22] Ayoub, 376-86 [Oxtoby] Murata and Chittick, Vision of Islam, 8-27 [Packet] Related Resources: Islamicity: Quranic Recitation (Requires RealPlayer) Islamic Calendar Barbara R. von Schlegell: Rules of Tajwid and The Kaaba Islamicity: Graphical Representation of the Hajj Journey and Hijri Date Converter Tuesday, November 13 - Sunni and Shi'i *Peters, Reader on Classical Islam, 109-24, 133-40 [Reserve] Ayoub, 386-404 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Perry-Castañeda Library: Distribution of Sunni/Shi'a on 1995 World Map Sunnis and Shi'ites al-Islam: Shi`a and Sunni issues: Schools of Thought within Islam Friday, November 16 - Sacred Law and Islamic Jurisprudence *Peters, Reader on Classical Islam, 212-19 [Reserve] Ayoub, 404-17 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Shari'ah and Fiqh Muslim Law and Jurisprudence Fatwa On-line Tuesday, November 20 - Class cancelled, SBL/AAR Annual Meeting Friday, November 23 - No class, THANKSGIVING BREAK Tuesday, November 27 - Medieval Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism *Doctrine of the Sufis, 5-11, 21-24 [Packet] *Peters, Reader on Classical Islam, 330-39 [Reserve] *Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz [Course Website] *Ibn Rushd (Averroës), On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy, introduction and section on fate and predestination [Course Website] Ayoub, 417-44 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Mystical Poetry of Omar Khayyam (Umar al-Khayyam) Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Selection from The Masnavi and The Fairest Land Islamicity: Muslim Mathematicians during Medieval Times Xrefer: Entry on Islamic Philosophy from Oxford Companion to Philosophy Friday, November 30 - Conquest and Conversion *Peters, Reader on Classical Islam, 99-105 [Reserve] Ayoub, 449-67 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Internet Islamic History Sourcebook Map: The Growth of Muslim Power in the First 25 Years Map of Muslim Expansion in the West in the Umayyad Period (661-750 CE) Map of the Abbasid Caliphate (786-809 CE) Map of the Muslim World c. 1300 CE Map of the Muslim World c. 1500 CE A Brief Chronology of Muslim History Tuesday, December 4 - Continuity and Change IN-CLASS QUIZ #1 *Modern Qumranic Exegesis: Muhammad ‘Abduh and Muhammad Rashid Rida on Sura 4:3 [Course Website] Yusuf al-Qaradawi, "Voice of a Woman in Islam" [Course Website] Ayoub, 467-85 [Oxtoby] Murata and Chittick, Vision of Islam, 321-35 [Packet] Related Resources: Council for American Islamic Relations Discussion on Islam and Democracy in the Journal of Democracy (7.2 [1996]) by Bernard Lewis, Robin Wright, Abdou Filali-Ansary, Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi, and Laith Kubba MIT: Seyyid Hossein Nasr, "Islam and Modern Science" Islam and Modernism Islamic Interlink: Yusuf al-Qaradawi Jamal Badawi, "Gender Equity in Islam" Islam and Feminism CONCLUSIONS Friday, December 7 - The Children of Abraham in Conflict and Dialogue Oxtoby, 531-56 [Oxtoby] Tuesday, December 11 - Final Exam Review Session SHORT PAPERS ON ISLAM DUE Schedule of Assignments and On-line Sources: Judaism (Sept 7 to Oct 2) || Christianity (Oct 5 to 30) || Islam (Nov 2 to Dec 11) Course Summary || Course Requirements Additional Resources (Printable Syllabus, Handouts, etc.) Contact: Annette Yoshiko Reed Rutgers the State University of New Jersey || Department of Religion