University professor and international government and media consultant John L. Esposito guides you through the facts and myths surrounding Islam and its more than 1.2 billion adherents.
This course provides an understanding of Islam’s role as both a religion and a way of life, and its deep impact on world affairs both historically and today.
You will learn about:
- The possible future hold for Islam and the West
- Muhammad
- Jihad
- Muslim beliefs about other faiths
- Islamic civilization’s contributions to art, law, and science
- whether the Quran condones terrorism and what it says about God
- the role of women in Islam
- whether Islam is compatible with modernization, capitalism, and democracy.