What Does it Mean to Study Islam Academically?
Speaker: Ustadh Ismaeel Ghouse
What does it mean to study Islam academically? What is a pedagogy? Do students who study Islam just learn how to translate Arabic?
Key Quotes:
“Just like any other discipline, and perhaps more so because Islam is the pivot of our salvation or lack thereof.. requires a structured and consoled approach”
“To learn Islam is to learn the legacy that is rooted in the teachings of The Prophet ﷺ as he intended them, to understand it. And where this legacy doesn’t explicitly give direction, to extend it while still operating within the framework that the legacy lays out.”