Introduction to the Islamic Law (YNNSm510)

Course topics: 1. Islam, its origin and development, geography of Islam and its division (shitia, sunniti, aleviti, sufi). Creation and development of the Islamic law. 2. Islamic law schools: Hanafia, Malikov, Shafi\'a, Hanbali. Ijtihad and Taqlid. 3. Primary and secondary sources of Islamic law, Qur\'an, Sunnah, Ijma, Qiyas, Istihsan, Maslaha, customary law. 4. Islamic and constitutional law. Caliphate and state administration in Islam, division of power. Islam, democracy and human rights. 5. Islamic criminal law, hadd, tazir. 6. Islamic family law, marriage in Islam, family, polygamy, divorce. Differences between Shiites and Sunnis in family law. 7. Judicial system in Islamic law. Islamic judiciary and position of a judge. Islamic procedural law. Notice of appeal. 8. Financial law and banking in Islam. 9. Criminal law. 10. Current issues of Islamic law, Wahhabism, liberal Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, women\'s rights, multiculturalism and transculturality. 11. Islamic law: Western and non-Western concepts of human rights. 12. Ethical dilemmas in Islamic law.

Supervisors and educators:
prof. PhDr. JUDr. Tomáš Gábriš, PhD. - Zabezpečuje, Hlavný garant
Jarmila Hercegová - Zodpovedný za elearning
Ing. Jana Koprlová, PhD. - Kogarant, Schvaľujúci zápis
Katarína Cviková - Zodpovedný za elearning
ThLic. Mgr. Michaela Moravčíková, Th. D. - Zabezpečuje, Skúšajúci, Kogarant, Prednášajúci

Code: YNNSm510

Period: LS

Credits: 3