Islamic Intellectual

Fellowship INTELLECT FOR FAITH

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 COURSE
OBJECTIVES
MANAGEMENT
Understanding the article of faith,
principles of action and beauty of This course is developed and delivered
mysticism in Islam. by two institutions:
Overall understanding of the
prevailing ideological foundations * Holistic Research Initiative for Theology
and Advanced Sciences (HRITAS)
of contemporary world of thought.
Empowering the youth to defend
* Virasa Islamic Tutelage
themselves and to make informed
critique of modernity keeping
intellectual rigor.
COURSE OVERVIEW
COURSE
Islam is a religion that is grounded on
intuition and intellect. It has remained
TUTORS ASSESSMENT
novel despite the different intellectual
fluctuations of the time. Because of Masroor Hasan Suraij The assessment process will be done
the deep-seated intellectual shifts we Saquafi MA,MSc through weekly assignments and
witnessed in the last five centuries, Principal, quizzes. You will be requested to read
which are fondly termed as Masdar Tahzib, Koppal recommended books and then to
renaissance and enlightenment, write a review. The quizzes would be
religious minds have ended up in based on weekly lectures.
turmoil. This course is designed for
resolving that crisis by scratching the Nazeer Abbas Suraijy
ostensible surface to reach the Independent Researcher
DIFFERENT TRACKS
underlying religious reality.
There are two tracks for this course.
One is for the certificate of
attendance, which will be awarded to
students who have attended all the
classes. The second is the certificate of
completion. In this track you need to
complete weekly assignments and
quizzes. This track gives you the
complete credits.
 Syllabus
Modules Units
General Introduction to
Islamic Faith
Islam and Atheism
Iman
Islam and Science
Theologies and philosophies
General introduction to
Islamic mysticism
Ihsan
Islamic mysticism in context
Lessons
Ilāhiyyāt (theology)
Nubuwwāt (prophetology)
Samʿiyyāt (revelatory beliefs)
Arguments around God
Current global atheists
Scienticism, empiricism
Critiques against Islamic laws
Rationality of Islamic ethics
Problem of evil
Threats of Science towards Islamic theology and
metaphysics
Islam and Evolution
Notion of scientific Miracles in the Qur'an
Philosophy of Science
Anti scientific things in Qur'an and Hadith
Is there 'Islamic Science' such as Islamic biology?
Scientific inventions in Islamic civilization
Liberalism, Humanism
Modernity, post modernity
Materialism
Marxism, socialism
Comparative study of religions
Basic principles of Tasawwuf
Different types of Tareeqas
Formation of Sufism
Perennial philosophy and Sufism
New spiritual trends
Interlinking of Sufism with Indian spiritual schools
Modules Units Lessons

Foundational sources of Islamic law

General Introduction to Four branches of law
Islamic Law Relevance of Madhab
Ijthihad and Taqleed

Women in Islam, feminism

Gender views in Islam LGBTQ++ issues
Gender equality

Khilafat: theory and practice

Classical Islamic political thoughts
Modern Islamic political thoughts
Political Islam, political reformist movements.
Islam, Secularism,Democracy
Islam and politics Controversial political terms, Jihad, Jizya, Darul
Islam Harb..
Proposed Islamic politics in 21 th century
Religious pluralism, non muslim minorities in
muslim countries
Muslim politics in indian democracy

Impact of western law on Islamic law

Sharia and Modern Law Secularization of Islamic law
Modern Muslim legal thoughts
Maqasid Sharia movement

Basic principles of Islamic economy

Business ethics
Islam and coeval economics Sharia compliance in trades.
Modern financial instruments in light of Sharia
Islamic Bank system