(Abdullah al-Ahsan is professor at the Department of History and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA,
Dr. Ahsan has contributed many articles on the relationship between contemporary Islamic and Western civilizations.
Two of his major books are: The Organization of the Islamic Conference: Introduction to and Islamic Political Institution (1988) and
Ummah or Nation: Identity Crisis in Contemporary Muslim Society (1992).
He is currently working on Muslim Nations in Contemporary History and Rise and Fall of Civilizations.)
Prof. Syed Serajul Islam
(Syed Serajul Islam is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Lakehead
University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University and taught and lectured in many countries:
McGill University-Canada, IIUM-Malaysia, Dhaka University-Bangladesh, and Singapore. He was a visiting Fulbright Scholar in 1988 at the University of Iowa, U.S.A.
He has published 8 books and nearly 70 articles in internationally refereed journals. His areas of expertise is international politics.
His recent book, The Politics of Islamic Identity in Southeast Asia has drawn worldwide attention.)
Lecture Notes
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- Week01: Lecture-1:
Classical Theory of International Relations by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman.
- Week02: Lecture-2:
Islamic Framework for a Systematic Empirical Approach in Siyar by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman.
Supporting Material:
The Qur'anic Concept of the Ummah and its Development in History by Abdullah Ahsan.
Foundation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference by Abdullah Ahsan.
- Week03: Lecture-3: Classification of States from an Islamic Perspective by Shah Abdul Hannan.
- Week04: Lecture-4: Jihad by Hammudah Abdul 'Ati.
- Week05: Lecture-5: Misinterpreted Verses and Hadiths about Violence by Jamal Badawi.
- Week06: Lecture-6: Terrorism by Shakil Abdullah.
- Week07: Lecture-7: Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations Reflections on Some Qur'anic Texts by Jamal Badawi.
Supporting Material:
The Legal Concept of an Islamic State According to the MB from Ikhwanweb.
Human Brotherhood and Equality by Jamal Badawi.
- Week08: Lecture-8: Apostasy Major and Minor by Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
Supporting Material:
On Apostasy and Islam: 100+ Notable Islamic Voices affirming the Freedom of Faith by Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq.
Is Apostasy a Capital Crime in Islam? by Jamal Badawi.
Apostasy and Religious Freedom by Lousay Safi.
Should an Apostate be Put to Death? by Ahmad Kutty.
Islam and Punishment for Apostasy by Asghar Ali Engineer.
- Week09: Lecture-9: Battles During the time of the Prophet (pbuh) by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri.
- Week10: Lecture-10: Battles during the time of the Prophet (pbuh) and after him - II by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri and Muhammad Rajih Jad'an.
- Week11: Lecture-11: Political rationale of Prophet's external relations by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman.
- Week12: Lecture-12: Issue of Treatment of Banu Qurayzah by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman and W. N. Arafat.
- Week13: Lecture-13: Reform of Methodology - I by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman.
- Week14: Lecture-14: Reform of Methodology - II by AbdulHamid A. AbuSulayman.
Examination
TEST-1:
Question for Test-1:
Final Submission date: 26th August, 2007.
