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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Mir Sayyid Ali , a scholar writing a commentary on the Quran , during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan . Portrait of a painter during the reign of Mehmet II A Persian miniature of Shah Abu'l Ma‘ali a scholar. The Mongol ruler, Ghazan , studying the Quran . In a Muslim context, Islamic studies is 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 .¹ In a non-Muslim context, Islamic studies generally refers to the historical study of Islam : Islamic civilization , Islamic history and historiography , Islamic law , Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy .² Academics from diverse disciplines participate and exchange ideas about Islamic societies, past and present, although Western, academic Islamic studies itself is in many respects a self-conscious and self-contained field.³ 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. Scholars in the field of academic Islamic studies are often referred to as "Islamicists" and the discipline traditionally made up the bulk of what used to be called Oriental studies . In fact, some of the more traditional Western universities still confer degrees in Arabic and Islamic studies under the primary title of "Oriental studies". This is the case, for example, at the University of Oxford , where Classical Arabic and Islamic studies have been taught since as early as the 1500s, originally as a sub-division of Divinity . This latter context gave early academic Islamic studies its Biblical studies character and was also a consequence of the fact that throughout early-Modern Western Europe the discipline was developed by churchmen whose primary aim had actually been to refute the tenets of Islam. Despite their now generally secular, academic approach, many non-Muslim Islamic studies scholars have written works which are widely read by Muslims, while in recent decades an increasing number of Muslim-born scholars have trained and taught as academic Islamicists in Western universities. Many leading universities in Europe and the US offer academic degrees at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in Islamic studies, in which students can also study Arabic and therefore begin to read Islamic texts in the original language. Because Arabic and Islamic studies are generally seen as inseparable in academia, named undergraduate degrees that combine the two are usually still categorized as single-subject degrees rather than as 'joint' or 'combined' degrees like, for example, those in Arabic and Politics. This rationale explains why, because of their heavy emphasis on the detailed study of Islamic texts in Classical Arabic , some institutions – such as the School of Oriental and African Stuidies ( SOAS ) in London and Georgetown University in Washington DC – only accept graduates who already have degree-level Arabic and a strong background in the academic study of Islam onto their Masters programmes in Islamic studies. Such institutions will generally direct students new to the field and with little or no Arabic to broader Master's degrees in Middle Eastern studies or Middle East politics , in which Arabic can be studied ab initio . A recent HEFCE report emphasises the increasing, strategic importance for Western governments since [9/11 of Islamic studies in higher education and also provides an international overview of the state of the field.⁴

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Islamic Studies is the academic discipline which focuses on Islamic issues. Ahmed External links General Online Islamic Education (Toronto Shariah Program) Sunni Path (a fiqh resource especially for the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of Sunni Islam) DeenPort (Islamic portal with interviews and multimedia)

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This is a sub-article to religious education , academic discipline , and Islam . Islamic studies is an ambiguous term with one connotation in a traditional near-Eastern context and another in a Western context . In a Muslim context, "Islamic studies" can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge . As such it includes all the traditional forms of religious thought, such as Islamic theology and Islamic jurisprudence . In addition, it assimilates fields generally considered to be secular in the West, such as Islamic science and Islamic economics . In a non-Muslim context, Islamic studies generally refers to the historical study of Islamic religion, culture , history and philosophy . Academics from diverse disciplines participate and exchange ideas about predominantly Muslim societies, past and present. In spite of their non-religious approach, some non-Muslim scholars have written works which are widely read by Muslims. Before 1980, such non-Muslim scholars in this field have been called " Islamicists "; their discipline came under the field often called Oriental studies , now often Asian studies . Many universities offer academic degrees on the subject of Islamic studies.

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Study of Islam ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam . Islamic studies can be seen under at least two perspectives: From a secular perspective, Islamic studies is a field of academic research whose subject is Islam as religion and civilization. From a traditional Islamic perspective, Islamic studies is an umbrella term for the "religious sciences" (' Ulum al-din , distinct from non-religious sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy and philosophy), pursued by the ulama i.e. the Islamic scholarly class.

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Academic study of Islam, Islamic civilizations and their impact on the world This article is about the study of Islam in modern academia. ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam , and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Eastern Christian Studies or Jewish Studies but also fields such as (environmental studies, Middle East studies, race studies, urban studies, etc.) —where scholars from diverse disciplines (history, culture, literature, art) participate and exchange ideas pertaining to the particular field of study. Carole Hillenbrand describes Islamic studies as "a discipline that seeks to explain what the Islamic world has achieved in the past and what the future holds for it." Many academic Islamic Studies programs include the historical study of Islam , Islamic civilization , history of the Muslim world , historiography , Islamic law , Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy . Specialists in Islamic Studies concentrate on the detailed, academic study of texts written in Arabic within the fields of Islamic Theology , Islamic Law , and the Qur'an and Hadith along with ancillary disciplines such as Tafsir or Qur'an Exegesis. However, they also often apply the methods adapted from several ancillary fields, ranging from Biblical studies and classical philology to modern history , legal history and sociology . The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies . Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies .

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Academic study of Islam, Islamic civilizations and their impact on the world This article is about the study of Islam in modern academia. ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam , which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies . Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidisciplinary program, scholars from diverse areas (history, culture, literature, art) participate and exchange ideas pertaining to the particular field of study. Generations of scholars in Islamic studies, most of whom studied with Orientalist mentors, helped bridge the gap between Orientalism and Religious studies. The subfield that grew out of this effort is called "Islamic studies." The study of Islam is part of a tradition that started in Western academia on a professional scale about two centuries ago, and has been previously linked to social concern. This academic tradition has not only led to an accumulation of knowledge, even if some of it is almost forgotten or badly neglected, but has also witnessed major changes in interests, questions, methods, aesthetics, and ethics of Islam. Many academic Islamic studies programs include the historical study of Islam , Islamic civilization , history of the Muslim world , historiography , Islamic law , Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy . Specialists in Islamic studies concentrate on the detailed, academic study of texts written in Arabic within the fields of Islamic theology , Islamic law , and the Qur'an and Hadith along with ancillary disciplines such as Tafsir or Qur'an Exegesis. However, they also often apply the methods adapted from several ancillary fields, ranging from Biblical studies and classical philology to modern history , legal history and sociology . The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies . Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies .

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