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Contemporary doctrines

Course Description: Understanding contemporary doctrines and ideas in light of the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah.

Credits: 1

Prerequisites: AGDH351

Objectives of the course :

1- Identifying the most prominent contemporary suspicions from extremist currents concerning the fundamentals of creed, and how to respond to them.
2- Recognizing the implications of these suspicions, such as bloodshed and disruption of social order.
3. Inferring errors in reasoning and comprehension of religious texts by extremist and radical currents.
4. Understanding the concept of terrorism, its contemporary examples, and Islam's stance on it.
5. Understanding the concept of freedom and its related rulings.
6. Knowing the scientific answers to historical facts and religious rulings concerning contemporary extremist doubts.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- Scientific recognition of contemporary intellectual schools.
2. Understanding the causes of deviation within these schools of thought.
3. Familiarity with the most important critical trends in contemporary thought, and comparing them with what Islamic scholars have.
Skills:
1- The skill of scientifically and correctly understanding what opponents have.
2- Critical thinking skills for those with other schools of thought.
3. The skill of being able to link opposing viewpoints to the environments in which they emerged, and the extent to which they were influenced by those environments.
4- The skill of dialogue with those who disagree, identifying its areas, methods, and objectives.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1. The student will be able to fully and objectively understand others' perspectives, as well as possess the ability to dialogue and communicate with them to understand their viewpoints, followed by a critical study of those viewpoints.,
2. To readily accept criticism from others regarding their proposals and ideas.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Introductory Preliminaries for Studying Contemporary Intellectual Schools of Thought.
The history of the emergence of intellectual doctrines.
The General Intellectual Foundations of Intellectual Schools of Thought.
The transfer of intellectual doctrines to the Islamic world.
Secularism.
Liberalism.

Last updated: 2026-06-03