99-086
Introduction to Islam
Spring 2003
1 Unit
Times Thursday
6:00pm - 6:50pm (changed)
Room PH 225B
Instructors Syed W.
Hussain, Sulaiman Malik, Jibran Rashid
Course Description
This course will provide a
strong foundation in Islamic beliefs such as absolute monotheism, divine
justice, fate and destiny, prophethood, leadership and the hereafter.
Textbook
The Holy
Quran (various translations and commentaries)
Syllabus
(tentative)
Lecture 0:
Logistical Issues (Attendance and Grading Policy)
Lecture 1: Introduction (Definitions,
Islamic Teachings, Islamic Doctrines, Sources of Thought and Error)
Readings:
Man and Universe (Part I: Man and
Faith) by Mutahhari
Lecture 2:
Monotheism
Readings:
Lessons from Quran (Part 1:
Monotheism) by Qaraiti
God and His Attributes by
Sayyid Lari
99 Attributes of God by al-Jibouri
Lecture 3: Divine Justice (Free Will,
God's Will, Fate and Destiny)
Readings:
Lessons from Quran (Part 2:
Justice)
Lessons from Quran (Part 3:
Social Justice)
Lecture 4: Prophethood
Readings:
Lessons from Quran (Part 4:
Prophethood)
Seal of the Prophet and His
Message by Sayyid Lari
Words of Jesus (peace be
upon him) by Legenhausen
Lecture 5: Leadership
Readings:
Imamate and Leadership by
Sayyid Lari
The Emergence of Shiism
and Shiites by Sadr
"Sunnah" from Shia and Sunni Point of View by Mishkini
Lecture 6: Hereafter (Resurrection, Day
of Judgment, Accountability)
Readings:
Resurrection, Judgment and
the Hereafter
Special Topics in Islam
Lecture 7: Ijtihad
Lecture 8: Modernism, Fundamentalism and
Revival of Intellectual Islam
Lecture 9: Human Rights in Islam
(Freedom, Universal Rights, Women's Rights)
Readings:
Treatise on
Rights by Imam Zayn al-Abidin(as)
The Islamic System
of Judiciary in the Quran by Amuli
Woman and Her Rights
by Mutahhari
Lecture 10: Terrorism, Violence, Legitimate
Struggle/Defense
Readings:
Islam and the Question of Violence
by Sayyid Nasr
Towards a Definition of Terrorism
by Taskhiri
Terrorism
According to Islamic Law (Principle of Public Security and Terrorism from the
Point of View of Islamic Rights)
by Araki
Lecture 11: Islamic Economics
Readings:
Islamic
Economy: Its Ideological and Legal Foundations by
Taskhiri
Lecture 12: Political Islam
Readings:
General
Principles of Ayatullah Khomeini's Political Thought
by Zadeh
Case Study:
Imam
Ali(as) letter to Maalik al-Ashtar when appointed Governor of Egypt
"Islamic Democracy" in Iran
Lecture 13: TBA
Lecture 14: TBA
Lecture 15: TBA
Recommended Books
Ethics
Ethics and Spritual Growth
by Sayyid Lari
History
The Message
by Subhani
Quran
Quran in Islam by Tabatabai
Philosophy
Philosophy of Islam
by Behishti and Bahonar