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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
Tİ144Modern Islamic Sects Elective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Contemporary Islamic sects
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Mehmet SEVER
Learning Outcomes
1Gains knowledge about contemporary Islamic sects
2The relations and differences of today's Islamic sects with classical Islamic sects are revealed.
3The factors affecting the formation of today's Islamic sects are determined.
4Contemporary Islamic movements and ideas are learned.
5The ideas of the formations that emerged on the understanding of the Mahdi are analyzed.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
Knowing the Islamic Sects to those living in the contemporary world
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Historical Islamic Sects
2The process of emergence of Islamic sects
3Islamic sects in the 19th century and beyond
4The relevance of new religious movements with classical Islamic sects
5Kharijite and the geographies she lived in in the following centuries and basic views
6Relationship between Salafiyya and Kharijite
7İbn Teymiyye İbn Kayyım ve Selefilik
8Midterm
9Relationships between Wahhabism and Kharijite
10Basic teachings in the context of Wahhabism
11Shiism and historical origins
12Shiism in the modern era as a political actor
13shiism and basic views from history to the present
14Ahl as-Sunnah as the center of gravity of the Islamic society
15Ahl as-Sunnah and basic views
16Fınally
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture Notes Sonmez Kutlu, Imam Maturidi and Maturidilik, Ankara: Kitabiyat Pub., 2006; Ahmet Ak, the great Turkish scholar Mâturîdî and Mâturîdîlik, İstanbul: Ensar Publications, 2017; Imam Maturidi, Kitabu't-Tevhîd, Isam Publications, 2005; Buyukkara, Mehmet Ali; “Methodological Problems Related to the History of Islamic Sects as a Branch of Science” Methodology in Islamic Sciences: The Question of Procedure 1, Ensar Neşriyat, İst.: 2005, pp.441-491; Cobb, Paul M; “al-Makrizi, Hashimisim, and the Early Caliphates”, Mamluk Studies Review, vol. VII, no: 2(2003), pp. 69-81; Fazlioglu, Ihsan; " Kalam Books as a 'Political Text' in the Ottoman Thought Tradition" Turkish Studies Literature Journal, c. 1 second. 2, 2003, (pp. 379-398). Other Sources: Ebu'l-Muîn Nesefî, Tabsıratü'l-Edille I-II, Ankara, DİB Publications; Ömer Nesefî, al-Akâid, Teftâzânî, Şerhu'l-Akaid, Istanbul: Eser Publications, 1985.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination16060
Final Examination1120120
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
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