Unlike Christianity which was born in the highly organised Roman Empire, Islam’s roots and beginnings lie in the desert of Arabia. While Christianity started life as a “religion”, devoted to the relationship between man and God, Islam was born as both a din (a religion) and a dawla (a state) in one.
Its roots were essentially political and its growth was carried out by warfare. In the process of its expansion, politics was a more effective tool than religion. There would be no Islam today if it were a religion only. Historians and political scientists agree that Islamic politics is what brought Islam success, not its religion dimension.
This course will demonstrate that the study of Islam is a study in Political Science and not in Theology.
| Qualification | Route |
|---|---|
| BA | BY DIRECTED COURSEWORK STUDY |
| MA | BY DIRECTED COURSEWORK STUDY |
| PhD | BY RESEARCH & DISSERTATION |
| Module Code | Module Title |
|---|---|
| IS001 | THE ARABIAN PENINSULA BEFORE MOHAMMED |
| IS002 | THE RISE OF MOHAMMED |
| IS003 | THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR ISLAMIC STATE IN MEDINA |
| IS004 | THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM THROUGH WARFARE |
| IS005 | CONCEPT OF KAFFIR IN ISLAM |
| IS006 | CONCEPT OF JIHAD IN ISLAM |
| IS007 | ISLAM’S RELATIONSHIP WITH NON-MUSLIMS (ISLAM AND DHIMMITUDE) |
| IS008 | ISLAMIC TERROR IN THE 21st CENTURY |
| IS009 | CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS |
| IS010 | CONTAINMENT OR ENGAGEMENT? |
| IS011 | FUTURE OF ISLAMIC EUROPEAN RELATIONS |