Course: Islamic Law

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Course title Islamic Law
Course code KBS/IPX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vodičková Radka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hautová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. General characteristics of Islamic law 2. Pre-Islamic customary law and change during the Prophet's time 3. Development of law in the Middle Ages 4. Sunni law schools 5. Development of Shia fiqh 6. Development of fiqh in modern times 7. Contemporary transformation and position of Islamic law 8. U?l al-fiqh 1 9. U?l al-fiqh 2 10. U?l al-fiqh 3 11. Ibadat 12. Islamic family law 13. Islamic criminal law

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with a video analysis, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Group discussion, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 11 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
- to identify the main sources of Islamic religion - to define the foundations of Islamic theology and law - to describe selected phenomena or elements of the faith and religious practice in Islam - to characterize and evaluate the importance of various Islamic regulations for the daily life of believers. - to list the most important events and scholars of the Islamic medieval religious history
Skills
- to classify selected phenomena or elements in the field of classical Sunni and Shia Islam - to search individually for relevant academic sources and works with them independently
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- to list basic characteristics and history of Islamic jurisprudence from its origin to the present - to recognize various schools of Islamic law and to list their main representatives and main works - to define basic and other sources of usul al-fiqh, to recognize their application in different schools of law - - to explain main principles of these fiqh topics: ibadat, family law and criminal law.
Skills
- to work individually with sources relevant to the study of Islamic jurisprudence - to link specific norms with their textual support - to deduce general conclusions from given cases
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Group discussion
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Self-study of literature
Seminar
Textual studies
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Seminar
Competences
Students' portfolio
Individual study
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Bezoušková, Lenka. Islámské rodinné právo se zaměřením na právo manželské. Praha : Leges, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87576-55-7.
  • Hallaq Wael. An introduction to Islamic law. Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-521-67873-5.
  • Hallaq, Wael B. The origins and evolution of Islamic law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Pelikán, Petr. Sunna : Pramen islámského práva. Praha : PF UK Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-85889-13-7.
  • Peters, Rudolph; Bearman, P. J. The Ashgate research companion to Islamic law. 2014. ISBN 978-1-4094-3893-9.
  • Potměšil, Jan. Šar?a : úvod do islámského práva. Praha : Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4379-0.
  • Zahalka, Iyad. Shari'a in the modern era : Muslim minority jurisprudence. 2017. ISBN 978-1-107-53508-4.


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