Here is a little more information and a reading list for Dr. Chaudhri's planned lectures.
- Oct. 27...The Rise of Islam
- Pre-Islamic Arabia.
- Muhammad and the Faith.
- Islamic Beliefs.
- Law, Morality, Politics and the State in early Islam.
- The Schism between Sunni and Shia.
- The Spread of the Empire and the Faith.
- Nov. 3....The Apogee and The Decay
- The Islamic Empires, relations with neighboring empires, peoples and faiths.
- The development of the Islamic State.
- The origins of the Crusades.
- The gulf between Muslims and Christians.
- The place of Christians, Jews and other faiths in the Islamic world.
- Poetry, Art, Music, Science, Philosophy , Law and scholarship in the Islamic State.
- The Rise and Triumph of the West.
- Mercantilism, Colonialism and Imperialism and the subjugation of the Muslim World.
- Nov. 10...Muslims and the Road to Modernity
- The Muslim Renaissance.
- The view of the West in Modern Islam.
- The Cold War and the choices Islamic countries made.
- Modernity, social and economic Development.
- Afghanistan, Iraq, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
- Muslims in the West and North America.