Course: Islam

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Course title Islam
Course code KSA/ISLA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Origin of Islam; Muhammad; Orthopedics, pillars of faith; Shari'a; Quran and Sunnah; Directions of Islam, Islamic Organizations, Mosques and Prayer Houses; Islam in Europe; Islam in the USA; Islamic States; Perception of Islam and Muslims, approaches to the study of Islam; Islam and Muslims in the Czech Republic; Global Islam, changes of Islam in the 21st century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to inform about the basics of Islam. The course focuses on the emergence of Islam, Muhammad, his importance and role, pillars of faith, the Shari'a, Qur'an and Sunnah, orthopraxis, the forms and directions of Islam and forms of Islam in contemporary Europe, USA and Islamic countries. The course concludes a description of contemporary Islam in the Czech Republic and the concept of so-called global Islam.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Kropáček, L. (1998). Duchovní cesty islámu. Praha.
  • Kropáček, L. Súfismus.
  • Mendel, M. (2016). Muslimové a jejich svět. O víře, zvyklostech a smýšlení vyznavačů islámu. Praha.
  • MENDEL, M.; OSTŘANSKÝ, B.; RATAJ, T. Islám v srdci Evropy. Praha: Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-200-1554-9..
  • Ostřanský, B. (2009). Malá encyklopedie islámu a muslimské společnosti. Praha: Libri..
  • Topinka, D. (ed.). (2016). Muslimové v Česku. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnosti..
  • Topinka, D. (2015). Role religiozity a etnicity v procesu integrace muslimů - imigrantů do české společnosti. In Černý, Karel. Nad Evropou půlměsíc I: Muslimové v Česku a západních společnostech. Praha: Karolinum, s. 24 - 63..


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