HUM-1011: Islamic Culture (W.B.)

Description
This Islamic culture course deals with the foundation of Islam and its current challenges. Various lectures look at general Islamic regulations and the main issues related to Islamic civilization. Important intellectual issues in religion, Sharia law, worship, ethics, and contemporary ideologies are addressed while focusing primarily on aspects of Islamic civilization, its effects and contributions to knowledge and science which have had a clear impact on the rebirth and progress of mankind. The course highlights the problems and challenges facing humanity in general, and Arabic and Islamic nations in particular. Moreover, it discusses the issue of how Islamic nations keep pace with modernity, and how to live and communicate with other cultures in harmony. Lecture 3 hours/week.