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COURSE OUTLINE

1. Course Title: Contemporary Islamic Movements

2. Course Code: RKUD 3040

3. Credit Value: 3

4. MQF Level: 6

5. Affected Batch: Students with matric number starting with 171 onwards.

6. Centre of Studies: Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences

7. Department/Unit: Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion

8. Course Synopsis:
This course deals with modern and contemporary Islamic socio-political, cultural and
religious movements such as Mahdi movement of Sudan, Sanusī movement of North
Africa, al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn of Egypt, Jama’at al-Tablīgh and Jama’at Islami of the
Subcontinent, Nahdat al-Ulamā’ and the Muhammadiyyah movements of the Malay
archipelago.

9. Course Classification within the Curriculum: Core Course

10. Prerequisite(s) (if any):

11. Course Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
Bloom’s
Taxonomy Programme
Soft skills
No. Outcomes Outcomes
(KI)
C A P (PO)
1 Synthesise aims, ideologies, and 5 CS3 1
methodologies of various Islamic
movements.
2 Follow the scientific methodology 4 CT3, LL3 2
in response to the needs of
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 contemporary Islamic movements
in the writings and presentations.
3 Organize the findings 4 TS4 5
systematically by a team from the
Malaysian Islamic movements on
their methodologies and
achievements.

12. LO - Instruction Method - Assessment Alignment:

Outcomes Teaching-Learning Methods Assessment Methods
LO1 Lecture Test
LO2&5 Teamwork Assignment
LO6 Teamwork Debate

13. Assessment Methods Weightage:

Methods Percentage
Test 30
Assignment 40
Debate 30
TOTAL 100

14. Student Learning Time:

1. Instruction Component Total Allocated Hours
1.1. Teacher-oriented methods
Lecture 35
1.2. Student-oriented methods
Teamwork 7
Total Instructor Contact Hours: 42
2. Independent Learning Component Total Estimated Hours
2.1. Reading and revision
Learning hours to grasp prescribed topics 31
2.2. Estimated hours for preparation toward assessments
Group Project 20
Assignment 15
Test 12
3. Assessment Outside Instruction Hours Total Allocated Hours

TOTAL SLT 120

15. Course Contents and Related SLT:

Face to Face Self-Learning
Week Topics
Hours Hours

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1 Contemporary Islamic Movements: A
General Overview 3 3

2 Contemporary Islamic Movements and their

origin in Islamic Thought 3 7

3 Mahdi Movement:
• A Geo-Political Scenario 3 5

4 • Its Features and reaches

3 6.5
5 Sanussi Movement:
• A Geo Political Scenario. 3 5.5

6 • Its Features, Reaches and impacts.

3 5.5
7 Al-Ikhwān al-Muslimin:
• A Geo-Political Scenario 3 5.5

8 • Its origin, development, and struggle

for Islamization of society 3 5.5

9 Jama’at al-Tabligh:
• A Geo-Political Scenario, its special
3 5.5
Features and impact

10 • A Geo-Political Scenario, it features,

struggle for implementation of
Islamic Shari’ah and the 3 6
establishment of Islamic state

11 The Muhammadiyyah Movement:

• A Geo-Political Scenario. 3 5.5

12 • Movement: Its features and reaches.

3 5.5
13 Nahdatul Ulama:
• A Geo-Political scenario.
3 5

14 • Its features, reaches and impacts.

3 7

TOTAL 42 78

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16. References:
16.1. Required
Ahmad, Hasan Ibrahim. (2004). Sayyid Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi: A Survey of Neo-
Mahdism in the Sudan. Leiden: Brill.
Ali, Muhammad Mumtaz (ed.). (2000). Modern Islamic Movements: Models,
Problems and Prospects. Kuala Lumpur: A.S. Noordin.
Ansari, Zafar Ishaqe, and Ahmad, Khurshid (ed.). (1979). Islamic Perspectives:
Studies in Honour of Sayyid Abu’l A’la Mawdudi. Leicester, United Kingdom:
Islamic Foundation.
Basya, Muhammad Hilali. (2011). Muhammadiyah scholars and democratic
transition: response on radical Islam movements in post-new order Indonesia.
Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.
Bush, Robin. (2009). Nahdlatul Ulama and the struggle for power within Islam and
politics in Indonesia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Ghazi, Mahmood Ahmad. (2001). The Sanusiyyah Movement of North Africa: An
Analytical Study. Islamabad: Shari’ah Academy.
Holt, P. M. (1970). The Mahdist state in the Sudan, 1881-1898: a study of its origins,
development and overthrow. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ishak Musa Husaini. (1956). The Brethren: The Greatest Modern Islamic Movements.
Beirut, Lebanon: Khayat College Book.
Khan, Vahiduddin. (1986). Tabligh movement. New Delhi: The Islamic Centre.
Mahmud, Ali Abdel-Haleem. (1998). Methodology of education adopted by the
Muslim Brotherhood. Cairo: Islamic Inc.
Masud, Muhammad Khalid. (2000). Travelers in faith: Studies of the Tablighi Jamaat
as a transnational Islamic movement for faith renewal. Leiden: Brill.
Moten, A. Rashid. (2002). Revolution to revolution: Jama`at-e-Islami in the politics
of Pakistan. Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust.
Nakamura, Mitsuo. (2013). The crescent arises over the banyan tree: a study of the
Muhammadiyah movement in a central Javanese town c. 1910-2010. Singapore:
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza. (1991). The Politics of an Islamic movement: the Jama'at-i
Islami in Pakistan. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza. (1994). The vanguard of the Islamic revolution: the Jama'at-
i Islami of Pakistan. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza. (1996). Mawdudi and the making of Islamic revivalism. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Sharif, M.M. (ed.). (1963). A History of Muslim Philosophy. Wiesbaden: Otto
Harrassuwitz.

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 Syamsuddin, M. Sirajuddin. (1991). Religion and politics in Islam: the case of
Muhammadiyah in Indonesia's new order. Los Angeles: University of California.
Theobald, A. B. (1951). The Mahdiya: a history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1881-
1899. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
Ushama, Thameem. (1995). Hassan Al-Banna: vision and mission. Kuala Lumpur: A.
S. Noordeen.
Ushama, Thameem. (2009). Sayyid Qutb: between reform and revolution. Gombak,
Selangor: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
Vikor, Knut S. (1995). Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge: Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-
Sanusi and his Brotherhood. Illinois: Northwestern University Press
Ziadeh, Nicola. (1958). Sanussia: A Study of a Revivalist Movement in Islam. Leiden:
E. J. Brill.

16.2. Recommended

Ahmad, Irfan. (2009). Islamism and democracy in India: the transformation of

Jamaat-e-Islami. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Binder, Leonard. (1963). Religion and Politics in Pakistan. Berkeley, CA: University
of California Press.
Esposito, John. (1992). The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Fealy, Greg. (2006). Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: a contemporary sourcebook.
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Fealy, Greg. (2008 Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.). Expressing
Islam: religious life and politics in Indonesia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies.
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. (1982). Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of
History. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Husain, Mir Zohair. (1995). Global Islamic Politics. New York: HarperCollins
College Publishers.
Kauser, Zeenath (ed.). (2005). Contemporary Islamic Political Thought: A Study of
Eleven Islamic Thinkers. Kuala Lumpur: International Islamic University Malaysia.
Lippman, Thomas W. (1989). Egypt after Nasser Sadat, Peace and the Mirage of
Prosperity. New York: Paragon House.
Sayeed, Khalid. (1957). The Jama’at-i- Islami Movement in Pakistan. Pacific Affairs,
Vol. 30. (No.1), March 1957.
Sujimon, Mohd (ed.). (2004). A Monograph of Malay Muslim Intellectuals. Kuala
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Wingate, F. R. (1968). Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan (2nd ed): Frank Cass and Co.

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Name: Prof. Dr. Thameem
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and Comparative Religion
Date: 13/07/2017
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Name: Dr. Fatmir Shehu
Name: Prof. Rahmah Ahmad H.
Head, Department of Usul al-
Osman
Din and Comparative Religion
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Date: 13/07/2017
Islamic Revealed Knowledge
and Human Sciences
Date: 13/07/2017

ANNEX

I. Course Instructor Details

Semester: 1 Academic Year: 2017/2018

No. Name Email/Contact Department

1 Dr. Ismail Mamat Department of Usul al-Dīn
and Comparative Religion

II. Programme Learning Outcomes

At the end of the programme, students are expected to be able to:

No. Outcomes Outcome Domain

1 The ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Knowledge
fundamental concepts and principles in Usul al-Dīn and
Comparative Religion.
2 The ability to apply and demonstrate the knowledge they Practical Skills
acquired from their studies into their lives spiritually,
intellectually, socially and professionally.
3 The ability to acquire and use the scientific methods with their Social Skills and
critical and creative approaches, within the boundaries of Responsibilities
Islamic values, to solve problems related to behavioural,
cognitive and moral and spiritual issues
4 The ability to appraise and examine appropriately issues Values, Attitudes and
surrounding the Ummah and formulate solutions for them. Professionalism

5 The ability to employ the knowledge and skills they learned Communication,
from the courses into their social responsibilities in the context Leadership and Team
of ibadah. Skills
6 The ability to practice state-of-the-art technology into their Problem Solving and

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 intellectual, personal, social and professional lives. Scientific Skills
7 The ability to represent the wasatiyyah or rightly balanced Information
moderation of Islam as the proper mode of Islamic discourse, Management and
inter religious dialogue and live harmoniously in plural Lifelong Learning
societies. Skills
8 The ability to present the correct Islamic position or Managerial and
perspectives on contemporary issues in a multi religious and Entrepreneurial Skills
multi racial and multi cultural context.
9 The ability to provide solutional approaches to inter religious Relevantization &
issues pertaining to extremism, deviant teachings, human Integration
rights issues and inter and intra religious conflicts. The ability
to integrate Usul al-Dīn principles in the study of philosophy,
Islamic thought, civilizations, ideologies and other religions.