Contemporary Islamic Ethics
Taught in Trinity Term 2012-2013
Professor Tariq Ramadan
 Week 1: Introduction to Islamic Ethics: Revelation and Reason
 Definition, trends and categories
 Fiqh and Philosophy
Books:
- Ibn Ashur, Treatise on Maqasid Al-Shariah. Translated by Mohamed ElTahir El-Mesawi. Vol. 1st. London-Washington: International Institute of
Islamic Thought (IIIT), 2006.
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Taha Jabir AI-Alwani, Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought. Publisher:
International Institute of Islamic Thought; 1st edition (December 1, 2005)
Fakhry, Majid, Ethical Theories in Islam, Leiden: Brill, 1994
- Hallaq, Wael, A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni
Usul Al-Fiqh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Auda, Jasser, Maqasid Al-Shariah as Philosophy of Islamic Law: A Systems
Approach, 2007, Washington : IIIT
- Ramadan, Tariq, Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation, 2009, New
York : Oxford University Press
 Week 2: Fiqhi and Philosophical perspectives
 Usul al Fiqh: The three main Islamic schools
 Different sources and common denominator: Objectives
Books:
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Mohammad, Hashim Kamali, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Texts
Society (UK) 2006 ( 3rd Edition)
- Dutton, Yassin, The Origins of Islamic Law: The Qur'an, the Muwatta'
and Madinan ˒Amal. Surrey: Curzon, 1999.
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Mohammad Hashim Kamali, An Introduction to Sharî’ah , Kuala Lumpur:
Ilmiah Publishers, 2006
- El-Fadl, Khalid Abou, Speaking in God's Name. Oxford: Oneworld
Publications, 2003.
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Ahmad al-Raysuni, Imam al-Shatibi’s Theory of the Higher Objectives and
Intents of Islamic Law, trans. N. Roberts (Herndon, VA: The International
Institute of Islamic Thought, 2005
 Week 3: Case Study 1 – Bioethics and Medicine
 Brain death
 Organ Donation
 Sida
Teaching/MPhil Contemporary Islamic Ethicsreading list TT 2012-2013
Books:
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The Islamic Vision of Some Medical Practices (Kuwait City: IOMS, 1981–1999; see
also their Web site http://www.islamset.com/ioms/pricelis.html.
Ron Shaaman, Medicine and The Arts in The Service of Islam , Oxford University
Press, 2010
 Week 5: Case Study 2 - Gender/Women
 Texts and interpretations
 Status: being, family, society
 Means and Objectives
Books:
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Heba Rauf Ezzat, see Women and the Interpretation of Islamic Sources, in Islam 21,
available at http://www.islam21.net/pages/keyissues/key2–6.htm
Amina Wadud, Qur’an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s
Perspective, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999
 Week 6 : Case Study 3 : Politics
 Religion and Politics
 State and Islamic Reference
 Ethics and Politics
- Ramadan, Tariq, Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation, 2009, New York :
Oxford University Press
- Roy, Olivier. 1994. The Failure of Political Islam. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP.
- Bayat, Asef. 1996. The Coming of a Post-Islamist Society. Critique: Critical
Middle Eastern Studies, no. 9: 43-52.
- Ramadan, Tariq, The Arab Awakening: Islam and The New Middle East, UK :
Penguin, 2012.
 Week 7: Case Study 4 - Economy and Environment
 Qualification: Means and objectives
 Critical questions and conclusion
Books:
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Mawil Y. Izzi Dien, The Environmental Dimensions of Islam, Cambridge, UK:
Lutterworth Press, 2000
Anver M. Emon, Islamic Natural Law Theories, Oxford University Press, 2010
Umer Chapra, Islam and the Economic Challenge, Leicester, UK: Islamic
Foundation and Herndon, VA: the International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1992
 Week 8: Synthesis, comments, discussion
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