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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
ILH 414HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SECTS2 + 07th Semester4

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Course Objective This course´s main aims are to gain general notion to the students about various Islamic sects; to improve critical, comprehensive and coherent thinking on religion and sects; to constitute the idea that Islamic sects should be understood as different interpretations of Islam and they should not identified with Islam; to intensify the mentality that diversities are respected.
Course Content Description of "Islamic sects"; its aim, scope, and methodology; basic concepts and sources; reasons of the formation of Islamic sects ; the earliest political and theological diversifications in religious understanding and the process of institutionalize; the Kharijites, the Murjia, Mutazila sect and the schools of Basra and Baghdad, Shiite sects, Sunnism; the reasons which are effective in the emergence of these sects; their formative periods, fundamental principles; the sub-sects; the areas they lived.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1Define the description of "Islamic sects" and its aim, scope, and methodology.
2Explain the religious, etnic, cultural, social and political diversity of Islamic sects and their reasons.
3Evaluate having a general notion of basic Islamic sects and their formative periods.
4Describe the fundamental principles of Islamic sects and their big scholars.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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Contribution000000000000

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)14228
Assignments4416
Final examination11010
Presentation / Seminar Preparation339
Midterm188
Internet Searching/ Library Study3515
Reading3618
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course






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COURSE DETAILS
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 Course TermNoInstructors
Details 2023-2024 Fall1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2022-2023 Fall1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2021-2022 Summer1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2021-2022 Fall1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2020-2021 Summer1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2020-2021 Fall1FATİH TOPALOĞLU
Details 2019-2020 Summer1FATİH TOPALOĞLU


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
ILH 414 HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SECTS 2 + 0 1 Turkish 2023-2024 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Asts. Prof. Dr. FATİH TOPALOĞLU fatihtopaloglu@pau.edu.tr ÖİDB B0008 %70
Goals This course´s main aims are to gain general notion to the students about various Islamic sects; to improve critical, comprehensive and coherent thinking on religion and sects; to constitute the idea that Islamic sects should be understood as different interpretations of Islam and they should not identified with Islam; to intensify the mentality that diversities are respected.
Content Description of "Islamic sects"; its aim, scope, and methodology; basic concepts and sources; reasons of the formation of Islamic sects ; the earliest political and theological diversifications in religious understanding and the process of institutionalize; the Kharijites, the Murjia, Mutazila sect and the schools of Basra and Baghdad, Shiite sects, Sunnism; the reasons which are effective in the emergence of these sects; their formative periods, fundamental principles; the sub-sects; the areas they lived.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Introduction to the History of Islamic Sects, its definition, purpose, scope and relationship with other Islamic sciences.
2 Sources and methodological issues of the History of Islamic Sects.
3 Social reasons affecting the emergence of political and religious sects.
4 Religious reasons.
5 Political reasons-1 (Gadir Hum and Kirtas Incidents)
6 Political Reasons-2 (Saqifa meeting, Khilafah-Imamet Issue, Jamel and Siffin Wars)
7 al-Khawārij
8 Zaydiyah
9 Isma'ilism
10 Imamiyyah
11 Murji'ah
12 Mu'tazilah
13 Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah
14 General discussion.
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam40Midterm Exam
Term Learning Activity10Term Learning Activity
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes