INTS 309 - Islam and Muslim Migration

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Trinity College

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This course studies migration by exploring how Muslim communities from a variety of regions settled throughout the world. Readings will cover the early expansion of Islam into Spain, Central and Southern Asia, the movement of Muslims via Sufism into Africa and the Balkans during the 13th to 15th centuries and end with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of how Muslims in the modern era from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe settled in the "West." Emphasis will be placed on major developments in the last three decades in order to highlight the complex phenomena of political Islam that has entered into the social mainstream of many "western" societies. The student will focus on Muslim migration to Europe and North America in order to understand the growing reality that the U.S., much like Europe, is being permanently shaped by its growing Muslim population and how this reality affects race and gender relations in their respective societies. Students will also become acquainted with diverse theoretical perspectives that span disciplines as well as with the current trends that characterize Muslim diasporic experiences in an international settin 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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