Islamic Culture

SALM 101 Islamic Culture (2 Hours credit)

Course Format: Two Hours of lecture and additional 5 Hours of Discussion/self-study and office hours, at discretion of the instructor.

Prerequisite:

Download Specification Course  SALM 101

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Description:

The concept of Islamic culture and its importance and sources - Challenges faced by the Islamic Culture - Characteristics that distinguish Islam - Definition of the Islamic tenet and the ancestors’ method to receive tenet and how to infer it - Foundations of faith: the first pillar is faith in God - The second pillar of faith in angels and the third pillar faith of books - The fourth pillar “Belief in the Messengers” peace be upon them.- The fifth pillar of faith in the Doomed Day - Sixth pillar of faith in destiny - Nullifiers of faith in belief. - Nullifiers of verbal faith.

Nullifiers of practical faith

Objective:

To let students know the characteristics of Islam and its foundations and challenges.

Outcomes:

Students are expected to identify the:

1.      Acquainted with the concept of Islamic culture and its importance.

2.      The student is provided with the means that enables him to meet the challenges related to the intellectual invasion, and what he should do about this invasion.

3.      to recognize the general characteristics of Islam.

4.      Instills in students the meaning of faith and its importance in the defense against the skeptics and Muslims must be a believer in God or the Messengers, Holy Books, or angels, and other pillars of faith.

5.      To recognize some of the things those denounce faith and keep him away from the denomination.

6.      To Show the relationship between Islamic culture and other cultures.

7.      To Differentiate between Islamic culture and other cultures and how to confront the intellectual invasion practiced by the enemies of Islam.

8.      To conclude the disadvantages of other cultures.

9.      To provides the student with the needed morals when he supports the Islamic culture.

10.  To instill the importance of faith in the defense of Islam and the pillars that should be known and dimension of what is beyond the Muslim faith.

11.  Students work in teams through collaborative work.

12.  Make the first step to present  the problems and work to solve them, either within the group or individually

13.  Ask collective questions and the forming groups of students to answer them.

14.  Using computers.

15.  The use of modern technology through collecting information, and preparing explanatory slides of material through PowerPoint presentations.

16.  The ability to use them in analyzing views and access to political events around the world.

17.  Access the university website.

References:

1.      The entrance to the Islamic culture. A group of the academic staff in King Saud University.

2.      Towards Original Islamic Culture by Dr. Omar Alashqar, 12th edition, 1413H, Dar Alnafaes, Jordan.

3.      The entrance to the Islamic culture by Dr. Mohammed Rashad Salim, Dar Alqalam, Kuwait, 9th edition,1407H.

4.      Explaining the foundations of faith, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saleh Alothaimeen.

5.      An overall view about Islamic culture, Omar Oodah Alkhateeb.

6.      Studies about Islamic culture by many authors ( Ragab Shahwan )

7.      Lectures about the Islamic culture, Ahmed Mohammed Gamal.

8.      Spotlights on Islamic culture: Nadia Sharif Alomary.

9.      The problem of culture, Malik Bin Naby.

10.  Features of Islamic culture, Abd Al-Karim Othman.