An eclectic understanding of Religion of Islam through Muslim and Non- muslim lenses with a variety of books reaching from spiritual voyages towards Islam to Linear biographical history of Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) life to modern distortion of Islamic Ideologies.

Course code: ISL-606

Timetable: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday(3pm to 4pm)

Learning Objectives; 

1. Students must be able to comprehensively understand history of Western and Islamic contact in order to pinpoint Modern World scenarios of both Civilisations. Students must learn how modern tools if information i.e media, played its prominent role in the process of distortion of Islamic Ideologies.

2. A comparative understanding of biographical writings of different scholarly writers

Course contents:

1. The Road to Makkah by Muhammad Asad

2. Muhammad (SAW) by Martin Lings 

3. Covering Islam by Edward Said

4. When the moon split by Safi ur Rehman Mubarakpuri

5. Islam and West by Bernard Lewis

6. Rethinking Tradition by Daniel Brown 

7. Tenses

8. Translation activities 

Assessment: 

Mid term exam/term paper: 30 marks

Sessional: (5 for class assignments+5 for attendance+ 5 for  presentation+ 5 for class participation+) 20 marks

Final Term exam: 50 marks