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Dialogue in Islam

Course Description: An introduction to the etiquette of Islamic dialogue and scholarly disagreement, and the development of students' dialogue skills with others.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

A statement of the Sharia methodology for dialogue with others, an explanation of the etiquette of disagreement, and training students in successful Sharia dialogue.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. Define dialogue, debate, and discussion linguistically and conventionally.
2- Explain the difference between dialogue, argument, and debate.
Skills:
1- Differentiating between definitive and presumptive evidence, and between transmitting an opinion and adopting an opinion.
Extracting manners and methods of dialogue from the texts of Sharia.
3- Extracting axis attributes from the legitimacy texts.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
Contribute to group discussions and lead the team.
2. Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and electronically.

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Course Topics :
1. The concept of dialogue, debate, and discussion, and the differences between them, the importance of dialogue, the objectives of dialogue.
2. Dialogue in the Quran.
3. Dialogue in the Sunnah and Examples of Dialogue from the Salaf.
4. Rules of Dialogue, the Concept of Disagreement and its Causes, and the Muslim's Stance towards it.
5. The difference in dialogue based on the people involved: identifying areas of agreement and disagreement.
6. Differentiating between definitive and speculative matters, transmitting an opinion and adopting an opinion, and opinion and the opinion holder.
7. Etiquette and Styles of Dialogue (1).
8. Etiquette and Methods of Dialogue (2).
10. Etiquette and Methods of Dialogue (3).
11. Qualities of the Speakers (1).
12. Qualities of the Axis (2).
13. Characteristics of the Interviewer (3).
14. Qualities of the Speakers (4).

Last updated: 2026-06-07