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Course Description

ISLAM AND POLITICS

Ahmet Tekelioglu & Iftekhar Hussain
Thursdays, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Nov. 4-Dec. 9 | Session 2

We explore the historical development of statecraft in Muslim societies and how source text, interpretation and real-politick have influenced the course of that development. Following the crucial book, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State we will first review a history of how Islam and politics interacted in Sunni and Shi’i contexts over centuries before delving into the birth and development of Islamic Law. The decline of the practice of Islamic Law will be explored next; this will be followed by studying the rise of political Islam as a consequence.
Maximum registrants: 300

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