Islam: Religion, Culture and Changing Societies

Materials

I Week

  • Gulevich, T. (2004). Understanding Islam And Muslim Traditions. An Introduction to the Religious Practices, Celebrations, Festivals, Observances, Beliefs.‎ Omnigraphics Inc.
  • Neuwirth A. (1987). ‘Koran – Arabische Philologie’, Literaturwissenschaft. Bd. I. Ed. by Helmund Gätje. Wiesbaden: Dr Ludwig Reichert, 96–135.
  • Nydell, M. K. (2002). Kuidas mõista araablasi. Teejuht edukaks suhtlemiseks. Tallinn: TEA Kirjastus.
  • Schirrmacher, C. (1994). Der Islam: Geschichte, Lehre, Unterschiede zum Christentum.
  • Bd. 2. Neuhausen: Hänssler.

II Week

  • Henry C. M., Springborg R. (2012). Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Hinnebusch, R. (2020). ‘Historical context of state formation in the Middle East: structure and agency’. In The Routledge Handbook to the Middle East and North African State and States System, Ed. By Hinnebusch,R.; Gani, J. New York: Routledge. 21-39.
  • Eid, M; Fahmy D. (2020). Arab Spring. Modernity, Identity and Change. Brooklyn: Springer International Publishing; Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Hegasy, S. (2010). Sekularisierung des arabischen Denkens. Arabisch Welt. APuZ 24/2010 1-9.
  • Solomon, H., Tausch, A. (2021). Arab MENA Countries: Vulnerabilities and Constraints Against Democracy on the Eve of the Global COVID-19 Crisis. Singapore: Springer International Publishing.
  • MacQueen B. (2018). An Introduction to Middle East Politics. Sage Publications Ltd
  • Sorenson, D. S. (2018). An Introduction to the modern Middle East. History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics. New York: Routlege.
  • Youssef M.A (2005) Companion to the History of the Middle East. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Interview with Islamic reformer Mustafa Akyol, “Islam needs its own enlightenment”, https://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-islamic-reformer-mustafa-akyol-islam-needs-its-own-enlightenment
  • Interview with pioneering Islamic thinker Fehmi Jadaane, “What is the essence of Islam, and does it need reforming?”, https://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-pioneering-islamic-thinker-fehmi-jadaane-what-is-the-essence-of-islam-and

III Week

IV Week

  • Abdelzaher, D.M., Kotb, A. & Helfaya, A. Eco-Islam: Beyond the Principles of Why and What, and Into the Principles of How. J Bus Ethics 155, 623–643 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3518-2
  • Badenschier, F. Eco-Islam Pioneer Fazlun Khalid. (2013). ”Allah Does Not Love the Wasters”. https://en.qantara.de/content/eco-islam-pioneer-fazlun-khalid-allah-does-not-love-the-wasters
  • Sabra, M. (2007). Environmental Protection through the Koran? https://en.qantara.de/content/islam-and-development-cooperation-environmental-protection-through-the-koran
  • Zbidi, M. (2013) The call to eco-jihad. https://en.qantara.de/content/islamic-environmentalism-the-call-to-eco-jihad
  • The Muslim environmental movement in Canada, www.khaleafa.com

V Week

  • Asani, A. (2007). Reflections on Pluralism and Islam: On Muslims Knowing the Muslim “Other”. World Muslim Congress. 20th March http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2007/04/pluralism-and-islam-asani.html
  • Jonker, G. (2007). The Ahmadiyya quest for religious progress: missionizing Europe 1900-1965. Leiden: Brill.
  • Lewicki, T. (2012) ‘al-Ibāḍiyya’. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, Ed. by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. 648a-660b.
  • Manger, L. (1999). ‘Muslim Diversity’. Muslim diversity: local Islam in global contexts. Richmond: Curzon Press. 1-36.
  • Shankland, D. (2007). The Alevis in Turkey. The emergence of a secular Islamic tradition. London: Routledge.
  • Wheeler, B. (2012). ‘Ibāḍī Fiqh Scholarship in Context’, The Lineaments of Islam. Studies in Honor of Fred McGraw Donner. Ed. by Paul Cobb. Leiden: Brill, 321-349.