What constitutes evidence? How much authority is afforded to reason? How does one know if he is being driven by fancy or divinely sanction action? Is there a “Muslim” way of judging societal mores? What are the criteria for verifying truth claims? These are just some of the questions this course will answer. Its goal is to help students achieve a healthier sense of diversity and understand the roots of Islamic truth and moral claims. Beginning, intermediate, and advance students of Islam are all encouraged to register for this course.

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-To understand Islamic ways of ethical thinking on human sexuality

-To address serious concerns of parents, youth, and others regarding the challenges of living in a hyper-sexual society;

-To overcome the taboo of sex education and promote honest conversation about human desire among the Muslim community;

-To become acquainted with the degree of openness about sex and sexuality during the prophetic period

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About the Author

Dr. Jackson holds the King Faisal Chair in Islamic Thought and Culture and is professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California.Dr. Jackson received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. He is the author of several books, including Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa (Oxford, 2002), Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection (Oxford, 2005) Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering (Oxford, 2009), and most recently Sufism for Non-Sufis? Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Sakandari’s Taj al-‘Arus (Oxford, 2012).

Dr. Jackson is a co-founder, Core Scholar, and member of the Board of Trustees of the American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM), an academic institution where scholars, professionals, activists, artists, writers, and community leaders come together to develop strategies for the future of Islam in the modern world.

Additionally, Dr. Jackson is a former member of the Fiqh Council of North America, former President of the Shari’ah Scholars’ Association of North America (SSANA) and a past trustee of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). He has contributed to several publications including the Washington Post-Newsweek blog, On Faith, and the Huffington Post. Dr. Jackson is listed by the Religion Newswriters Foundation’s ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America and was named among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Dr. Jackson is also a frequent contributor to the Lamppost Education Initiative.

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It is important to note that these presentations from two Sunni Muslims attempt to provide an objective and fair view of the issues of debate between the Sunni and Shi’ah while providing a historical context that gives us a better understanding of the issues that confront us today

This course includes:

• Historical details of the Sunni-Shi’ah split
• Details surrounding the Origins of the Crisis
• Sayyidina ‘Ali, the Shi’a and the Early Caliphate
• The First Civil War: Act I
• The Emergence of Historical Shiism
• The Differing Shi’a Sects
• Similarities & Polemical Distortions

Question and Answer Session and much more!

• • Mp3 downloadable recordings
  • A detailed pdf presentation to be viewed with Dr Khalid Blankinship’s MP3 recording
  • Q&A Session

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