Religion/History 408: Modern Islam

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Course Syllabus

Paper One guidelines

Midterm study guide

Midterm

Revised Syllabus

Paper Two guidelines

Final Exam study guide

Handouts:

1/15/08:  Rumi poems

Whitman poems

1/29/08:  Tariq Ramadan article on the Qur'an from the New York Times

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly readings

  Reading One

  Reading Two

 William F. Buckley article on controversy

 Student reaction at UNC-CH

 additional materials (though many links no longer work) about UNC-CH and Approaching the Qur'an

2/5/08

timeline of Islamic dynasties

list of Sufi orders discussed in the reading

3/18/08

handout on Islam, violence, and nonviolence

4/17/08

Islamophobia reading

4/22/08

Islam in America readings here and here

online Qur'an resources:

USC Muslim Student's Association

al Tafsir - interpretation of the Qur'an from a variety of schools

translation by Muhammad Asad - progressive modern translation

Multiple translations from Yusuf Ali, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall and M.A. Shakir

multiple translations from islamicity.com

 

Links to news sources

al-Jazeera

alt.muslim - your Muslim news community
The American Muslim
Religion Review
Religion.info Actualité des religions - Religion today
al Hewar (clearing house for multiple media sources in the Arab world)

Electronic Intifada
The Daily Star (Lebanon)

ArabInfo

Middle East Times
al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

Islamic Voice (India)

The Dawn (Pakistan)

The Milli Gazette (India)

Muslim Wake Up

The Middle East Report and Information Project

The Final Call (Nation of Islam newspaper)

Pluralism Project
BeliefNet
IndyMedia (India)
Ha'aretz (Israel)
BBC News
Pew Forum - Religion in the News
Jerusalem Post
The Guardian (UK)

The Independent (UK)

Speaking of Faith (Amer. Public Media radio show on religion)

Frontline (PBS documentaries, many viewable online)