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ORIE-B160

Initiation à l'étude de l'Islam

academic year
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Guillaume DYE (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Initiation to the basic concepts and tools of religious studies and Islamic studies.

Pre-Islamic Arabic.

Issues around Muhammad's biography - the making of a prophet.

The Qur'an: history and contents of a text

The making of Islamic identity

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

The aim of the course is to give students the knowledge and tools necessary for studying the texts, practices and beliefs of the Muslim tradition.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture - active participation - flip class

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Aaron Hughes, Muslim Identities. An Introduction to Islam, 2013

Sabrina Mervin, Histoire de l'islam, 2010²

+ documents on the website (Université Virtuelle)

Contribution to the teaching profile

Lecture. An active participation of students is welcome.

Initiation to the study of Islam, with focus on the formative period of Islam (7th-9th centuries).

Other information

Contacts

Guillaume Dye

Guillaume.Dye@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • written examination

written examination

Written examination

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

Programmes