More information for

Javed Chaudhri, October 27 - November 10

Islam Series

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.
  
   

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