The Seljuks and the Crusades

The Seljuks and the CrusadesInstructor: Dr. Yakoob Ahmed Date times: July 5 August 23, Sundays 10 AM 12 PM US Eastern Standard Time Note: Final course registration is subject to a short application process, the instructor and or AlQasas administration may refuse registration to any individual at their discretion. Course summary: This course will chart how in 1071 the Seljuks had managed to defeat the Byzantines and Manzikert, seen as one of the most significant victories for the

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Sabaʾ and the emergence of the proto-Shīʿa & proto-Khārijites

the notion of constitutionalism came to fruition

help answer important historical questions as to why and how this settler colonial ideology born out of 19th-century European nationalist thought was planted in Palestine

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political Islam

How secularism emerged from European history and was exported globally through colonialism

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How did the caliphs react to economic woes and natural disasters

This course provides an introductory historical overview of Zionism as the founding ideology of Israel

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•    You will be familiar with how mainstream Islamic scholars and thinkers have engaged with and responded to these ideas