-Legal Schools- Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi‘i, Hanbali
-Theological Schools-Ash‘ari, Maturidi, Hadith-scholars, [Mu‘tazila]
-Sufi Orders: Too many to name
-Hadith Canon
-Ideal of the Caliphate
What are five dimensions of Sunni Islam?
100
-Burhanuddin
-Shamsuddin al-Tabrizi
-Bahuddin
Who were the important teachers in Rumi’s life?
100
A promise made by British Prime Minister Balfour to create a homeland for the Jewish people. Also guaranteed the rights of non-Jewish populations living on the land.
What is the Balfour Declaration
100
-Jewish Views
Terrorism
Settlements
Jerusalem
-Muslim Views
Zionism
American Pro-Israel Lobby
Refugees’ Right of Return
What are three impediments to peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the eyes of many Jews? What are three impediments to peace in the eyes of many Muslims?
200
Abu Bakr, then ‘Umar, then ‘Uthman, then ‘Ali
- “Their excellence is in this order.”
Who are the four greatest men after Muhammad according to most Sunnis? Are they all equal, or is there a specific ranking?
200
-al-Bistami
-Ibrahim b. Adham
-al-Hallaj
Which earlier Sufis did he mention frequently in his poetry?
200
"the belief that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life”
What is Islamism
200
Ajmer:
-Universalism & Music
Deoband:
-Hanafi Fiqh + Hadith Scholarship
-Gender segregation
Aligarh:
-Challenges of being Muslim in India
How does Akbar Ahmed classify the primary religious paths of Muslims in contemporary South Asia? What are some of his observations of each of them?
What are God’s seven eternal attributes according to the Ash‘ari Sunnis?
300
-Muslim women who offer a critique of some aspect of Islamic history or textual interpretation in order to seek justice and citizenship for Muslim women.
-Quran and hadiths
What is Islamic Feminism? What sources do Islamic feminists study and reinterpret?
300
Moorish Science Temple
-Noble Drew Ali (murdered 1920)
Ahmadiyya
-Mirza Ahmed
The Nation of Islam (NOI)
-Elijah Muhammad & Wallace D. Fard (1930-3)
What were three unorthodox Muslim organizations that introduced Islam to the African-American community in the twentieth century? Their founders?
300
1. He began with a more militant and exclusionary message and then after visiting the Middle East, and seeing true Islam, his message became more inclusionary and about human rights
2. Because of his own experiences with racism he saw Islam as able to deal with racial issues (because it accepts believers regardless of skin-color/promotes equality)
How and why did Malcolm X’s message change over the course of his life? How did his pre-conversion life experiences contribute to his embrace of Islam?
400
1) Qur’an
2) Sunna
3) Opinions of early Muslim authorities
4) Consensus (ijma‘)
5) Analogical reasoning (qiyas)
What are five primary sources for Islamic law?
400
Scripture
Law & Theology
Philosophy & Science
Mysticism
Literature & the Arts
Scholars of Islamic Civilization
What are five “ecumenical gates” by which we can approach Jewish-Muslim relations?
400
Donkey’s tail with angels wings/necessity of negligence
Body: Dust on the mirror of the spirit- dust that veils the radiant spirit found beneath it
Nafs: “Whoever knows himself/his self (nafs) knows his Lord”
- nafs', usually referred to the lower instinct of human beings, but which can be educated and refined.
Aql: reason, intellect: “You learn jurisprudence so that no one will be able to rob you of a loaf of bread.”
Jan/Ruh/Dil: Heart-soul
-Polishing the silver mirror: Joseph’s visitor
-Emptying the house: “There is no room in this house for two ‘I’s!
-man was created so that god could be praised
What does Rumi teach us about the nature of man? For what purpose was he created? What is the nafs?
500
Iran, Southern Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Bahrain
Where in the world are Imami Shi‘a found?
500
1.Muhammadiyah (founded 1912)
Strong focus on Hadith
Liberal use of ijtihad (initially)
Generally shuns politics
Complacency toward gender issues
2.Nahdlatul Ulama (NU; founded 1926)
Shafi‘i fiqh (“traditionalist”)
Stress on taqlid of master scholars
Embraces Sufism & visiting ancestors tombs
Engaged in politics
What are two major Muslim movements in Indonesia and how do they differ?
500
-Q 24:31 must wear a veil to cover their private parts and hair in front of all but females and close male relatives
-Q 24:60 post-menopausal women may discard their cloaks while still being modestly dressed
-Q 33:59 women must wear a cloak when out in public for the sake of protection
Which three Qur’anic verses mention women’s dress? Provide a general description of the content of each verse.