{"title":"Courses by Mohammed Sinan Siyech","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"islam-and-modernity","title":"Islam and Modernity","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"txt-center top-10\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstructor:  Dr. Mohammed Sinan Siyech\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eDate\/times\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 3 - June 7, Sundays 10 AM - 12 PM US Eastern Standard Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCourse summary:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of us as Muslims are living inside a world shaped by forces we were never taught to name. We use the technology, live in the cities, navigate the institutions - but rarely stop to ask where all of this came from, and what it has done to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModernity carries with it a set of ideas - secularism, liberalism, nationalism, capitalism - that emerged from a specific place and a specific history, and were then spread across the world, often by force. Understanding these ideas, where they came from, and what they assume about human beings and society is one of the most important intellectual tasks facing Muslims today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis course offers a structured introduction to modernity and its core components. We move through each of the major ideological pillars - secularism, liberalism, nationalism, colonialism, and capitalism - examining their origins, their internal logic, and the ways they have shaped Muslim societies and Muslim thought. We draw on postcolonial and critical readings, always asking where these concepts sit in relation to the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, and what Muslim scholars and thinkers have said in response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal is to help students think more clearly about the world they actually live in - and to begin imagining what a more grounded way of engaging with it might look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCourse objectives:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the course:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e•    You will have a solid grasp of the core concepts of modernity and how they developed in the Western context.\u003cbr\u003e•    You will be able to critique these concepts by situating them historically and exposing the assumptions they carry.\u003cbr\u003e•    You will be familiar with how mainstream Islamic scholars and thinkers have engaged with and responded to these ideas.\u003cbr\u003e•    You will have begun developing your own framework for thinking about modernity from an Islamic perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"txt-center top-10\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCourse schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100.061%; height: 551.875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 35.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 99.2192%; height: 35.5938px;\" colspan=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIslam and Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 99.2192%; height: 19.5938px;\" colspan=\"3\"\u003eSundays 10 AM - 12 PM EST US Eastern Standard Time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.7771%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.783%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIslam and Modernity: An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMapping the concept of modernity and how Muslim thinkers have responded to it\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.7771%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.783%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecularism and Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow secularism emerged from European history and was exported globally through colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.7771%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.783%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiberalism and Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTracing liberalism's origins, its intolerant undercurrents, and its framing of Islam as a problem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.7771%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 24\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.783%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNation-States, Nationalism and Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow the nation-state was built and how it sits against Islamic principles of governance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.7771%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 31\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.783%; height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColonialism and Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow European colonialism restructured economies, legal systems, and Muslim thought worldwide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 55.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 8.65913%; 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