Islamic Studies 2nd Paper Board Question of HSC Examination 2014
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies are the umbrella term for the Islamic sciences (‘Ulum al-din), both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge. It includes all the traditional forms of religious thought, such as kalam (Islamic theology) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), but also incorporates fields generally considered secular in the West, such as Islamic science and Islamic economics.
In a non-Muslim context, Islamic studies generally refer to the historical study of Islam: Islamic civilization, Islamic history and historiography, Islamic law, Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy. Academics from diverse disciplines participate and exchange ideas about Islamic societies, past and present, although Western, academic Islamic studies it is in many respect a self-conscious and self-contained field. Specialists in the discipline apply methods adapted from several ancillary fields, ranging from Biblical studies and classical philology to modern history, legal history and sociology. A recent trend, particularly since 9/11, has been the study of contemporary Islamist groups and movements by academics from the social sciences or in many cases by journalists, although since such works tend to be written by non-Arabists they belong outside the field of Islamic studies proper.
Islamic Studies 2nd Paper Board Question of HSC Examination 2014
Islamic Studies 2nd Paper Board Question of HSC Examination 2014
Islamic Studies 2nd Paper Board Question of HSC Examination 2014
Islamic Studies 2nd Paper Board Question of HSC Examination 2014
