Advanced Muslim Political Thought and Realism for a Multi-Civilisational World

Advanced Muslim Political Thought and Realism for a Multi-Civilisational WorldInstructor: M. Owais Khan Date times: November 15 January 3, Saturdays 10 AM 12 PM US Eastern Standard Time Note: Final course registration is subject to a review process, the instructor and or AlQasas administration may refuse registration to any individual at their discretion. If your registration is declined a prompt refund will be issued. Course level: Intermediate Advanced Course description: This is an advanced seminar in classical Sunni

This is an advanced seminar in classical Sunni political theory that excavates the buried tradition of Sunni political realism that flourished during the "last flowering" of Ittihad-i Islam (c

intellectual

Murat Hudavandigar and expansion into the Balkans

July 20 - September 7

July 20 - August 24

October 19 - December 7

We shall examine the notion of state fratricide and slavery and the emergence of a new legal system known as the Kanun

al-Juwayni

Prepare students to think critically about international relations with the end goal of generating ummah centric thinking that can lead to new concepts

Evaluate competing interpretations of Turkey’s political trajectory

but what is often missing is that this victory was generational

Key themes explored include competing notions of reform (iṣlāḥ and tajdīd)