ISL304- ISLAMIC STUDIES AND ORIENTALISM PAAU

THE CONCEPT OF ORIENTALISM

-Definition of Orientalism

-Pioneer non-Muslim Critics of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad

-Emergence of Orientalism as An Academic Pursuit

SELECTED BIASED AND UNBIASED ORIENTALISM ACADEMICS

-Select Orientalists who are biased in their studies on Islam

-Select Orientalists who are unbiased in their studies on Islam

SIR WILLIAM MUIR AND DAVID SAMUEL MARGOLIOUTH

-Biography of Sir William Muir

-Biography of David Samuel Margoliouth

-Evaluation of their works

THE PROPHET AND HIS MISSION

BIOGRAPHY OF MUHAMMAD 

-Who is Muhammad?

-Jewish criticism of Muhammad

-Christian criticism of Muhammad

-The Skeptic‟s views of Muhammad

MUHAMMAD’S MARRIAGES

-Prophet Muhammad‟s wives, How many are they?

-Sawdat bint Zam‟a, Aisha bnt Abi-Bakr and Hafsa bint Umar

-Zainab Bint khusayma, Umuh Salmah, Hind Bint Abu Umayyah

-Juwairiyah Bint Al-Harith

-Other wives of the prophet

Criticism of Polygamous practice of Muhammad

-Blasphemous statements about the polygamous marriage of the Prophet

-Reasons behind the polygamy practice of the Prophet

THE ISLAMIC SCRIPTURES

THE HOLY QUR’ĀN

-Definition of the Qur‟an

-Revelation of the Qur‟an

-The place of Qur‟an in Islamic legislations

-Qur‟an revelation and science

CRITICISM OF THE QUR’AN

-The Criticism of Grammatical Aspect of the of Qur‟an

-The Criticism of Scientific Aspect of the Qur‟an

-Criticism of Historical Aspect of the Qur‟an

-Criticism of Qur‟anic Jurisprudence

ḤADĪTH / SUNNAH

-Meaning of Ḥadīth

-Position of Ḥadīth in Islamic Jurisprudence

CRITICISM OF ḤADĪTH

-Orientalists and the Preservation of Ḥadīth

-Ḥadīth in Historical Documentation and Preservation

-The misconception Aḥādīth on Prohibition of Ḥadīth Documentation

THE SHARĪʿAH

ISLAM AND POLYGAMY

-The Meaning of polygamy

-Virtues of polygamy

-Position of women in Islam

ASPECTS OF THE ISLAMIC PENAL CODE

-Islamic penal code and theft

-Islam and Capital Punishment