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This course deals with the validity of physically sighting the new moon and calculating the possibility of sighting it as valid methods of determining the beginning of Ramadan. The course discusses certainty as the key objective of Shari'ah in this case. It examines hadith literature and engages learners in a fiqhi discourse to help them evaluate the evidence and determine the right approach in establishing an Islamic calendar. While Islam clearly defines its cardinal tenets of belief and how to practice them, Muslims vary in their interpretation of some of these tenets and practice them in diverse ways. Between, as well as within, the major sectarian divisions, there exists a diversity in belief and practice that is not well understood by Muslims, and much less so by people of other faiths. This course will seek to clarify this diversity and how it relates to geopolitical developments in the world today.
This course introduces fundamental concepts and principles relating to marketing Islamic financial products. It will help participants to understand the new product development process, conduct market research, identify target market through segmentation strategies, and craft positioning strategies including pricing, placement and utilization of the marketing mix. The course will also cover the importance of electronic marketing and tools utilized to market banking products. The elements of Islamic values pertaining to marketing a product or service are emphasized in this three days course.
This course introduces fundamental concepts and principles relating to marketing Islamic financial products. It will help participants to understand the new product development process, conduct market research, identify target market through segmentation strategies, and craft positioning strategies including pricing, placement and utilization of the marketing mix. The course will also cover the importance of electronic marketing and tools utilized to market banking products. The elements of Islamic values pertaining to marketing a product or service are emphasized in this three days course. This course will introduce students to the history of Philanthropy in Muslim societies from early Islam to contemporary times. It will compare the institution of awqaf in Muslim societies to modern day endowments and examine the nature of philanthropy among Muslim today, with special focus on Muslim in North America. This course deals with the history of Islam and Muslims from the end of the caliphate of Ali (radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) to the end of Muslim rule in Spain. It focuses on the formative nature of this period in terms of Islamic law and percepts, as well as the evolution of a Muslim civilization and culture. This course helps in preparing the student for the course on Maqasid ash Shri'ah (Intents and Objective of Islamic Law).
This course introduces fundamental concepts and principles relating to marketing Islamic financial products. It will help participants to understand the new product development process, conduct market research, identify target market through segmentation strategies, and craft positioning strategies including pricing, placement and utilization of the marketing mix. The course will also cover the importance of electronic marketing and tools utilized to market banking products. The elements of Islamic values pertaining to marketing a product or service are emphasized in this three days course. This course deals with the historic and contemporary understanding of apostasy. It is designed to retrace steps back in time to the epoch-making era of the Prophet (SAW). It aims at positioning the application of the Prophet’s paradigmatic parallels to today’s setting. It will address the historiography of apostasy and the reasoning behind the unanimous view espoused by the different schools of thought in Islam. This course introduces fundamental concepts and principles relating to marketing Islamic financial products. It will help participants to understand the new product development process, conduct market research, identify target market through segmentation strategies, and craft positioning strategies including pricing, placement and utilization of the marketing mix. The course will also cover the importance of electronic marketing and tools utilized to market banking products. The elements of Islamic values pertaining to marketing a product or service are emphasized in this three days course. This course introduces the student to the basic tenets of the three Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - and explores how each religions treats selected aspects of human life.
Music is becoming an important aspect of the emerging North American Muslim culture. In this course, we will take a look at the history of this development, get to know some Muslim musicians and the challenges they face, and discuss what their art means for the Muslim community and the society at large.
This course deals with issues related to governance in Islamic centers and similar organizations in the Muslim community in the United States. It will define governance as it relates to non-profit entities, examine the organizational structure of Muslim non-profits, review governing documents of typical as well as representative organizations and draw conclusions about current practices and emerging trends in how American Muslim community organizations are governed. This course will introduce Islamic legal objectives of financial contracts, forbidden transaction in Islamic commercial law, and characteristics and uses of selected Islamic products such as Murabahah, Ijarah, Salam, and Istisnah contracts. It will also touch on key considerations in developing Islamic products such as Islamic credit cards and promissory currency contracts. Also discussed will be Islamic risk management, key liquidity risks for Islamic banks and their treatment, and the basics of Islamic securities.
This course deals with the higher intents and purposes of Islamic law. It sets apart what and how jurists rule on specific issues from why they do so, and what the foundational concepts are that form the essence of Divine Guidance.
This course covers significants events in the history of Islam and its adherents from the time after that of the Rightly Guided Caliphs up until the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. This was the period during which the Muslim civilization interacted with other world civilizations on several fronts.
Servant leadership in America is often Christian-centric. The Noble Prophet (SAW) has taught that the leader of a people is their servant. The concept of servant-minded leadership and follower-ship is central to Islamic teachings. This course will highlight characteristics of servant leadership, styles and models of leadership by referencing the lives and teachings of Muslims and their exemplary Prophet (SAW).
This course will help develop an understanding of the teaching methods in the Islamic tradition, considering the student’s background, knowledge, environment, and learning goals. The course will also expound on the different techniques used by teachers which cater to multiple learning styles to help student retain information and strengthen understanding by illustrating a variety of methods used to insure that all students have equal opportunities to learn i.e. “Questioning, explaining, modeling, collaborating, and demonstrating.”
This course with deal with the skills and competencies needed to work with volunteers in faith-based non-profit organizations. It will deal especially with enrolling, encouraging, and retaining volunteers, since volunteers are the essential "working capital" of volunteer-based organizations.
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