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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Modern Islamic Trends TIB160 Elective Master's degree 1 Spring 7

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Kadir GÖMBEYAZ

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) The student gets information about contemporary Islamic currents/movements.
2) The student realizes the political, ideological, socio-cultural background of contemporary Islamic currents/movements
3) The student learns basic ideas and acts of contemporary Islamic currents/movements
4) The student knows and discusses multi-dimensional effects of contemporary Islamic currents/movements in the modern world
5) The student discovers the interactions between contemporary Islamic currents/movements and their different aspects
6) The student develops new perspectives on the future of contemporary Islamic currents/movements

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Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Contemporary religious currents/movements in the Islamic world, their history, ideas, acts, effects

Weekly Schedule

1) The history, background and characteristics of sectarianism in Islam
2) Determining the terminology: classifications such as religion, sect, denomination, order, current, movement, religious group and the differences between them; the methodology of the study of contemporary Islamic currents/movements
3) The process that prepared contemporary Islamic currents/movements: Revival (Ihya) movements in Islamic world
4) Conservatism: The conservatism of Salafism: Historical development (Ashab al-hadith, Ibn Taymiyya, Wahhabism)
5) Modern Salafism: Suudi Salafism, Jihadi Salafism (al-Qaida, ISIS, etc), Political Salafism
6) Conservatism of Madrasa: Diyobandiya/Taliban Movement & Shii Madrasa Tradition and Iran
7) Conservatism of Sufi Order/Tariqa
8) Cultural Reformism
9) Political Reformism: Ihwan al-Muslimin, Hizb Allah, Hizb al-tahrir etc
10) Islamic Modernism: Characteristics, Historicism & Fazlur Rahman
11) Islamic Modernism: Its story in Turkey & Criticisms & A reaction: Traditonalism
12) Islamism: Ideological/Philosophical Islamism & Politial Islamism
13) Islamist Religious-Political Movements in Turkey: Historical, Ideological, Socio-cultural background & the Milli Görüş Movement
14) Radical Religious-Political Movements in Turkey
15) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Mehmet Ali Büyükkara, Çağdaş İslam Akımları

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

60%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Quiz

4

70%

Presentation/Seminar

4

30%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

40%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required