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THE QUR'AN: RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE & LITERATURE

ASIAN/RELIGST 206
Course Description

An introduction to the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of the Islamic religious tradition, focused on Muslim approaches to reading the text, its themes and history, and its use as a source of law, theology, aesthetics, politics, and practices of piety.

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