NELC-N 305 Political Islam from Revelation to Revolution
Instructor: Hassan Lachheb Summer II 2008
Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-2:30 (or by appointment)
Course Description:
“Political Islam” is a striking phenomenon that is not only creating a severe tension within Islamdom, but is also shaping the relations between the Muslim world and the rest of the world.
This course will focus on the religious principles that contemporary political Islam is based upon. The questions that outline this course are: What is the religious literature that makes the foundations of the Islamic movement? How is it interpreted? What is the religious reasoning behind the positions of political Islam from Democracy, pluralism, women’s rights, suicide bombings, etc…?
This course will provide an opportunity to survey some of the leading literature on the subject of political Islam and to look closely at the religious aspects of some of the major Islamic movements.
