POLI 328 - Political Islam (3 credits)

(Prereq: POLI 101 or permission of the instructor) This course will offer students an opportunity to analyze and discuss some of the most significant issues of political Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will analyze the emergence of Islam as a political force and explore how Islam has been used as a tool to both legitimatize governmental power and challenge the legitimacy of existing systems.