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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / TİB615 - BASIC ISLAMIC SCIENCES

Code: TİB615 Course Title: HISTORY OF THEOLOGICAL SECTS IN ISLAM 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; To give basic information about the early Islamic Sects and the religious-political Islamic sects living today, to have information about the causes of 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-2 Recognize the main Islamic sects that emerged in the historical process. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-3 Know the important representatives of the sects and their works. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-4 Can evaluate sects, which are human manifestations, with an impartial and scientific approach. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-8 Can be able to develop new approaches in order to solve unpredictable problems encountered in their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-5 Explain the social, cultural, religious and political elements in the formation of sectarian ideas. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-7 Can be able to carry out independent studies requiring expertise related to their field of study
PO-11 Can be able to transfer the updates and projects carried out in their field of study by reinforcing them with qualitative and quantitative data across groups within and out of their field of study.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
LO-6 Evaluate the contributions of sects to Islamic thought. 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-2 Can be able to the interdisciplinary interaction of their field of study and conduct joint studies with different fields of study.
PO-4 Can be able to use the relevant research methods and techniques and have both theoretical and practical knowledge in their field of study.
PO-5 Can be able to interpret, solve and produce new data by integrating the data obtained from both their field of study and different fields of study.
PO-6 Can be able to use the knowledge they have obtained in their field of study in order to promote the level of education, culture and arts of the society.
PO-14 Can be able to collect data related with their field of study, review and put them in practice, checking them in the process of announcing the results and taking into consideration the scientific, cultural, artistic, social and ethical values.
PO-16 Can be able to grasp the knowledge related to their field of study and make it public in line with the norms.
Examination
Presentation
Practice Exam
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 the sects, their formation processes, their basic views, their sub-branches, the regions they spread, their effects and their contributions to Islamic thought will be explained.
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. Presentation
5 The sect of Shia and basic information, Zaydism. Presentation
6 The sect of Murjia and Mutazila. Presentation
7 The Ahl al-Sunna; Salafiyya, Maturidism, Asharism. Presentation
8 mid-term exam
9 The school of Ismailism and Imamiyyah. Presentation
10 Nusayri and basic opinions. Presentation
11 Druze and basic opinions. Presentation
12 Yezidism and basic opinions. Presentation
13 Kadiyanism and basic opinions. Presentation
14 Wahhabism and basic opinions. Presentation
15 Bahaism and basic opinions. Presentation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Fığlalı, Ethem Ruhi. Çağımızda İtikadi İslam Mezhepleri. Ankara: Selçuk Yayınları, 1986.
2 Kutlu, Sönmez-Onat, Hasan (Ed.). İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 2016.
3 Eş‘arî, Ebü’l-Hasen. Makâlâtü’l-İslâmiyyîn ve İhtilâfü’l-Musallîn. thk. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abdülhamîd. Beyrut: Mektebetü’l-Asriyye, 1995.
4 Bağdadî, Abdulkâhir. el-Fark Beyne’l-Fırak. thk. Muhammed Muhyiddin Abdulhamid. Sayda-Beyrut: Mektebetü’l-Asriyye, 1995.
5 Şehristânî, Abdülkerim. el-Milel ve’n-Nihal. thk. Emîr Ali Mehennâ - Ali Hasen Fâûr. 2 Cilt. Beyrut: Dâru’l-Ma‘rife, 6. Basım, 1997.
6 Öz, Mustafa. Başlangıçtan Günümüze İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. İstanbul: Ensar Neşriyat, 2014.
7 Bulut, Halil İbrahim. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2016.
8 Çetin, Maksut-Batur, Muhammet Raşit ed. İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi. İstanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık, 2023.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook, Epidiascope

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