RELG 275 - Religion and Politics in the Modern Muslim World

FC ARHU CD

4 credits
The vast geography of Islam extending from Indonesia to Morocco has been a fertile and contentious meeting place of religion and politics, especially in the modern era. This course analyzes the dynamic between religion and politics in the Muslim world, focusing especially on the last 50 years. The Arab-Israeli war, the Islamic revolution in Iran, the rise of militant fundamentalism, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the emergence of the Islamist democratic parties in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Turkey will be among the case-studies examined.