| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| History of Islamic Sects I | ILH211 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Fall | 2 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Kadir GÖMBEYAZ
Assistant Prof. Dr. Recai ÇETRES
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) The student gets the information about the scope, subjects, methodology, main concepts, and sources of the studying area of History of Islamic Sects
2) The student comprehends the nature of madhhab (sects/denominations) in both Islam and other religions
3) The Student has the knowledge of certain factors that are effective in the emergence of theological and political sects in Islam
4) The student learns the formation period, beliefs and ideas, significant followers, literature, territory and contributions to the Islamic thought of the main Islamic theological and political sects throughout the Islamic history
5) The student acquires that sects are social structures that can influence and be influenced, suffer from change and transformation during historical process, and can make connection between them and modern religious movements
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Low | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Middle | |
| 2 | Low | Middle | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | High | Middle | |
| 3 | Low | High | Low | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | |
| 4 | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Middle | High | High | |
| 5 | Middle | High | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
The main classical Islamic theological sects: the political, social, cultural background of their emergence, their formation period, beliefs and ideas, significant followers, literature, areas in which they lived, and contributions to the Islamic thought.
Weekly Schedule
1) The subjects, limits, method, problematiques, issues, sources, main concepts of the field of history of Islamic theological sects2) The notion of "firqa" (sect), the 73-firqa-hadith and its influence on islamic heresiographical writings, the emergence of Islamic political-theological sects in Islamic history
3) The first political-theological firqa in the Muslim World: Khawarij and its survived branch in the present time: Ibadism
4) Murjia
5) Other theological sects such as Jabriyya, Jahmiyya, Qadariyya, Najjariyya, Sifatiyya
6) Mu'tazila: Its Emergence, Characteristic Ideas, Mihna Period, Influences
7) Branches, Main Figures, Works of Mu'tazila
8) Mid-term Exam
9) Ahl al-Sunna: Ashab al-Hadith
10) Ahl al-Sunna: Ash'arism
11) Ahl al-Sunna: Maturidism
12) Shi'a: Its Emergence, Characteristic ideas, main branches
13) Shi'a: Zaydiyya
14) Shi'a: Ismailiyya
15) Shi'a: Imamiyya/Ithna Ashariyya/Twelver Imamism
16) Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- mehmet Saffet Sarıkaya, Mehmet Ümit (ed.), İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi, Nobel Yayınları
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming
5) Self Study
6) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
50% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
50% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required