Islmic Movmnts:E'Afr S Asia

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Like their neighbors in the Middle East, Muslims in East Africa and South Asia were subjected to over a century of foreign control. In efforts to address the social and political challenges of recovery from that colonial domination, many opted to distance themselves from dominant Western ideologies and develop modern institutions based on Islamic values. In this seminar we will examine the development of these efforts, focusing on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Sudan, the Jamaat-i Islami in South Asia, and the thought of leading contemporary intellectuals such as Khalid Masud, Javid Ghamidi, and Chandra Muzaffar.