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V. OCTOBER 8, 2013: MUHAMMAD, THE PROPHET: ANNUNCIATION, REVELATION
AND THE FIRST MUSLIM COMMUNITY
QUIZ 1 : IN LECTURE
Required readings:
1. F.M. Denny. “Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community” pp. 47-56.
2. Ibn Ishaq/Ibn Hisham. The Life of Muhammad: Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat
Rasul Allah
a) “What was said to Amina when she had conceived the Prophet” p. 69.
b) “The Birth of the Apostle and His Suckling,” pp. 69-73.
c) “The Story of Bahira,” pp. 79-82
d) “The Night Journey and the Ascent to Heaven,” pp. 181-187
3. Martin Lings. Muhammad: His Life based on the Earliest Sources (“The Rebuilding
of the Ka’bah” and “Worship”) KIT, pp. 21-25.
4. Uri Rubin. “The Khadija- Waraqa Story” KIT, pp. 75-80.
Critical skills: 3. Thesis statement
VII. OCTOBER 15, 2013: CONSOLIDATION OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THE
MIGRATION TO MEDINA
Required readings: 1. F. M. Denny. “The Hijra” (pp.61-67), “Muhammad’s Later Life” (pp.67-69),
“Muhammad’s Personal Life” (pp. 69-72).
2. Ibn Ishaq/Ibn Hisham. The Life of Muhammad: Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat
Rasul Allah
a) “The Institution of Friday Prayers in Medina,” pp. 199-201.
b) “The Hijra,” 221-231.
c) “The Call to Prayer,” 235-236.
d) The Farewell Pilgrimage,” 649-652.
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VIII. OCTOBER 22, 2013: THE QUR’AN: FORM AND CONTENT
QUIZ 2: IN LECTURE
Required readings: 1. F.M. Denny. “The Nature and Function of the Qur’an” pp. 128-145.
2. William A. Graham. “The Earliest Meaning of 'Qurʾ ān” Die Welt des Islams,
New Series, Bd. 23/24 (1984), pp. 361-377; (JSTOR e-resource)
3. Norman Calder. Classical Islam (e-source). “The Qur’an,” pp. 3-16.
Critical skills: 4. Essay writing I (Thesis Statement Exercise)
IX. OCTOBER 29, 2013: THE QUR’AN: MAJOR THEMES
Required readings:
1. Andrew Rippin. “The Qur’an” in Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (e-
book, available through York University Library e-resources), pp. 22-35.
2. Toshihiko Izutsu. Ethico-religious concepts in the Quran, (e-book, available through
York University Library e-resources)
a) “The Basic Moral Dichotomy,” pp. 105-116.
b) “The Believer,” pp. 184-203.
Critical skills: 5. Essay writing II (Writing outlines and formulating arguments)
X. NOVEMBER 5, 2013: INTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUR’AN
Required readings:
1. F.M.Denny. “Interpretation of the Qur’an” pp. 140-145
2. Norman Calder. Classical Islam (e-source), “Qur’anic Interpretation,” pp. 97-133.
XI. NOVEMBER 12, 2013: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SUNNA AND THE HADITH
Required readings:
1. Frederick Denny. “The Prophet’s Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith,” pp. 150-164.
2. Daniel Brown. “The Relevance of the Past” KIT (pp. 31-39).
3. Norman Calder. Classical Islam (e-source), “Hadith,” pp. 36-50.
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XII. NOVEMBER 19, 2013: THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
ESSAY 1 IS DUE TODAY !
Required readings:
1.F.M. Denny “The Pillars of Islam” pp. 109- 126.
2. Dunn Ross. “Mecca” in The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, A Muslim Traveler of the
Fourteenth Century (e-book, available through York University Library e-resources), pp.
65-80.
Required viewing: DVD: The Hajj
Mock Exam and review session (in tutorials)
XIII. NOVEMBER 26, 2013:
MID-YEAR EXAM (IN CLASS)
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WINTER 2014 OUTLINE
I. JANUARY 7, 2014: AFTER MUHAMMAD: THE “CLASSICAL PERIOD” OF
ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION.
Required readings: 1.Denny. Ch. 4 (selections) “The Arab Conquest and Islamic Rule: the Struggle for
a Unified Umma” pp. 72-83 (from “Muhammad’s heirs” to “Ali’s Downfall”) and
(from “The Spread of the Islamic Empire” to the end of the chapter) pp. 84-95.
2. Ibn Ishaq. The Life of Muhammad: Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
(online): “The beginning of the Apostle’s illness” , pp. 680-683
3. Norman Calder. Classical Islam (e-source),
*4.7 “Umar II and the protected people”, pp. 90-93
II. JANUARY 14, 2014 : DEBATES OVER THE SUCCESSION AND ISLAMIC
GOVERNANCE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE CALIPHATE
Required readings:
1.Denny, Ch. 4 (segment) “The Arab Conquest and Islamic Rule: the Struggle for a
Unified Umma” : subsection “Two approaches to politics and rule” pp. 83-84 and
Ch. 9 (segment) “Islamic Political Institutions: Forms, Functions, and Theories”
(from “The split between the Shi’is and the Sunnis” to “Ibn Taimiya” (incl.) pp. 198-
205.
2.Ibn Ishaq.The Life of Muhammad: Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah.
“The meeting at the hall of Banu Saida” (online), pp. 683-687.
3.Ibn Khaldun, sections from MUQQADIMAH (online): http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ik/Muqaddimah/ Chapter III. “ On dynasties, royal authority, the caliphate, government ranks, and
all that goes with these things” (selections, uploaded as document on Moodle)
-24. “The differences of Muslim opinion concerning the laws and conditions
governing the caliphate”
-26. “The transformation of the caliphate into royal authority”
III. JANUARY 21, 2014: HOW TO KNOW AND OBEY GOD: SHARI’A, THE LAW
Required readings:
1. Denny. Ch. 9 “Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations” pp, 187-198.