ETMB111 Muslims in the Czech Republic: Religion Culture

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Malecká, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:40 Virtuální místnost
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is intended as an overview of the history, faith, beliefs, and practices of Sunni Islam with an emphasis on diverse manifestations of Islamic culture in Syro-Palestine area and Czechia. It provides overview of essential rituals of Islamic life, popular forms of religious practice, sources and application of Islamic law, and adaptation of Muslim traditions to the Czech, traditionaly non-Muslim, society.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course students will be able to describe the normative/official Islam and the “real”, the lived one. Students will be able to define key terms associated with Islamic religion, summarize the core beliefs and practices of Islam, and understand the concept of “Islam as a way of life”. The focus will be on Sunni Islam and Sunni Muslims living in Czechia.
Syllabus
  • - historical and cultural background for the development and expansion of Islam - the life of the Prophet Muhammad - the schism - the Qur’an, Sunnah, Sharia - the Five Pillars of Islam - Czech Muslims - mosques and prayer rooms in Czechia - permissible and forbidden - food, clothes, relations - birth and childhood - wedding, marriage, divorce - death and funeral
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ASAD, Talal: The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1986. BADAWI, Jamal: Gender Equity in Islam: Basic Principles. Indianapolis: Amer Trust Pubns, 1995.
  • Defining Islam : a reader. Edited by Andrew Rippin. 1st pub. London: Equinox, 2007, xiv, 388. ISBN 9781845530617. info
    not specified
  • ESPOSITO, John L. Islam : the straight path. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvii, 334. ISBN 9780195396003. info
  • GOODE, William Josiah. World revolution and family patterns. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1963, xii, 432. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, reading
Assessment methods
Student´s presentations and a final oral examination
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
ASAD, Talal: The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1986. BADAWI, Jamal: Gender Equity in Islam: Basic Principles. Indianapolis: Amer Trust Pubns, 1995. BARAKAT, Halim: The Arab World. Society, Culture and State. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. BOSWORTH, Clifford Edmund – DONZEL, Emeri Van (eds.): The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 8. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. BOWKER, John (ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. CALDER, Norman: The Limits of Islamic Orthodoxy. In: Rippin, Andrew (ed.): Defining Islam. A Reader. London: Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2007, s. 222–236. ESPOSITO, John L. (ed.): The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Vol. 1. New York – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. ESPOSITO, John L.: Islam: the Straight Path. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. GOODE, William J.: World Revolution and Family Patterns. New York: The Free Press, 1970. HUGHUES, Thomas Patrick: A Dictionary of Islam: Being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, Together with the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion. London: W. H. Allen & CO, 1895. KAMALI, Mohammad H.: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1991. LUKENS-BULL, Ronald A.: Between Text and Practice: Considerations in the Anthropological Study of Islam. In: Rippin, Andrew (ed.): Defining Islam. A Reader. London: Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2007, s. 37–57. MAGHNIYYAH, Muhammad Jawad (ed.): The Five Schools of Islamic Law. Al-Hanafi, alHanbali, al-Ja'fari, al-Maliki, al-Shafi'i. Qum: Anssariyan Publications, 1995. AL-QARADAWI, Yusuf: The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam. Al-Halal wal-Haram fil Islam. Beirut: The Holy Koran Publishing House, 1984. SCHACHT, Joseph: Introduction to Islamic Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. WAARDENBURG, Jacques: Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam. In: Rippin, Andrew (ed.): Defining Islam. A Reader. London: Equinox Publishing Ltd. 2007, s. 201–221.
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