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Seminar is designed for graduate students of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies. Permission of instructor required.
This seminar explores the concept of Jihad and how it has been utilized in
both medieval and modern discourses. Jihad as a medieval literary genre and
Jihad as a modern political discourse will be examined through the use of
primary and secondary sources, such as the Qur¹an, the Hadith, Ottoman
historical and literary manuscripts, and more recent interpretations from Middle
Eastern and Western popular and scholarly sources.
Day and Time: Thursday, 2:30-5:00.
Goodbody Hall 157 | 1011 East 3rd St. | Bloomington, IN 47405-7005 | Phone: (812) 855-2233 | Fax: (812) 855-7500 | ceus@indiana.edu