Western University Academic Calendar. - 2021ARCHIVE
Humanities 2111F/G
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF ISLAM: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
In the context of pressures on traditional Islam this course deals with selected issues such as: "clash of civilizations?" the concept and practice of Jihad; Islam in 'Western' media; the West in 'Islamic' media; Islam in Europe and North America; ethnicity and political Islam; and women and Islam.