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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB549 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB549 Course Title: CLASSICAL TEXTS OF HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SECTS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ABDULLAH NAMLI (abdnamli@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ABDULLAH NAMLI,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course; It is to give basic information about the first period of Islamic Sects and the religious-political Islamic sects living today, to have information about the reasons for religious differentiations.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Define the definition, subject and purpose of Islamic Sects. PO-1 Can be able to improve and deepen their knowledge in the same or different field based on the graduate level qualifications in their field of study.
PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-2 Recognize the main Islamic sects that emerged in the historical process. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-3 Know the important representatives of the sects and their works. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-4 Can evaluate sects, which are human manifestations, with an impartial and scientific approach. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-5 Explain the social, cultural, religious and political elements in the formation of sectarian ideas. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
LO-6 Evaluate the contributions of sects to Islamic thought. PO-3 Can be able to make an efficient use of the resources in a relevant field of study based on their graduate level of qualifications.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition, subject, purpose, method of the History of Sects; Basic concepts and resources; the reasons for the emergence of sects; the first political and theological debates and sectarian movements.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Course of the History of Islamic Sects aim, field, method, certain concepts Presentation
2 Clasical sources of history of Islamic sects and their features, classification of sects and the judgement of sects separation Presentation
3 The first controversies and reasons which cause sect separation Presentation
4 The sect of Kharijites and Ibadiyyah Source scanning
5 The sect of Shia and basic information, Zaydism Source scanning
6 The sect of Murjia and Mutazila Source scanning
7 The Ahl al-Sunna; Salafiyya, Maturidism, Asharism Source scanning
8 mid-term exam
9 The school of Ismailism and Imamiyyah Source scanning
10 Nusayri and basic opinions Source scanning
11 Druze and basic opinions Source scanning
12 Yezidism and basic opinions Source scanning
13 Kadiyanism and basic opinions Source scanning
14 Wahhabism and basic opinions Source scanning
15 Bahaism and basic opinions Source scanning
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Eş‘arî, Ebü’l-Hasen. Makâlâtü’l-İslâmiyyîn ve İhtilâfü’l-Musallîn. Thk. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abdülhamîd. Beyrut: Mektebetü’l-Asriyye, 1995.
2 Bağdadî, Abdulkâhir. el-Fark Beyne’l-Fırak. Thk. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abdulhamid. Sayda-Beyrut: Mektebetü’l-Asriyye, 1995.
3 Şehristânî, Abdülkerim. el-Milel ve’n-Nihal. thk. Emîr Ali Mehennâ - Ali Hasen Fâûr. 2 Cilt. Beyrut: Dâru’l-Ma‘rife, 6. Basım, 1997.
4 Çetin, Maksut-Batur, Muhammet Raşit ed. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. İstanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık, 2023.
5 Bulut, Halil İbrahim. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2016.
Required Course instruments and materials
Historical Sources of Classical Islamic Sects

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 10 50
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 10 40
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 2 6
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 5 20
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180