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Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity (FutureLearn)

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Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity (FutureLearn)
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Discover why religion is important for understanding and engaging with global challenges. Consider the ways religion affects personal and political decision-making. Religion not only influences personal behaviours and ethics, but it’s also relevant to international conflicts and domestic policy decisions. On this course, you will gain a broader understanding [...]

Muslims in Britain: Changes and Challenges (FutureLearn)

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Muslims in Britain: Changes and Challenges (FutureLearn)
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Develop your understanding of Muslims and their faith through an exploration of communities in Britain. Islam is the second largest religion in the world today and dominates much of the current geopolitical discourse. People are increasingly bombarded by dramatic and at times disturbing headlines. Yet general knowledge of Muslims [...]
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The Legacy of Islamic Civilization (edX)

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The Legacy of Islamic Civilization (edX)
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Discover how Islamic civilization has influenced world culture, specifically in the fields of science, architecture, and mathematics. Learn about Muslim civilization and its valuable contributions and role in the revival of the Greek Classics. This is not a course about Islam or the Islamic civilization, it is a brief [...]

Introduction to the Quran: The Scripture of Islam (edX)

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Introduction to the Quran: The Scripture of Islam (edX)
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Discover the themes of the Quran, its role within Islam, meaning to Muslims, and relationship with the Bible. According to Islamic tradition, the Quran is not simply an inspired scripture. It is a divine book brought down from heaven by the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad, and its [...]

Islam, The Middle East, and The West (saylor.org)

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Islam, The Middle East, and The West (saylor.org)
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This course will introduce you to the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the twenty-first century. The course will emphasize the encounters and exchanges between the Islamic world and the West.

Ancient Civilizations of the World (saylor.org)

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Ancient Civilizations of the World (saylor.org)
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In this course, we will study the emergence of the major civilizations of the ancient world, beginning with the Paleolithic Era (about 2.5 million years ago) and finishing with the end of the Middle Ages in fifteenth century A.D.