Talk:Islamic studies
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they should show the pictures
[edit] Bolder Changes Required?
I made some additions to more accurately reflect the interdisciplinary nature of this academic field. I looked at the page on American Studies to try to achieve some uniformity.
However, I left, for now, the links that were already on the page and the internal link to Akbar S. Ahmed. The external links that were there, while of some interest to scholars of Islamic Studies, do not shed any light on the discipline itself, and should probably be removed. Akbar S. Ahmed seems to be a prominent scholar in the field of Islamic Studies, in which case the link should probably reflect this.
Should I go ahead and make these changes? Pontus rosen 17:20, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Islamic Entertainment & Islamic Athletics
My feeling is that "Islamic Athletics" and "Islamic Entertainment" should be removed as subheadings from this article. While these concepts may exist, my guess is that they do not enjoy the status of academic disciplines. Religiously inspired athletics and entertainment are perhaps studied as cultural and religious phenomena in Sociology, Comparative Religion or in Art, but not in their own right. Unless an accredited university offers academic classes in these fields within a broader "Islamic Studies" department, I don't think they belong in this article. If they are, then my bad. Pontus rosen 14:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Islamic Academics
The article is clearly lacking in what I think the article should be about. The article should include information about, not just the subject matter of Islamic studies, but should discuss Islamic STudies as as an academic subject studied in the West at educational institutions and discuss how it is studied there, as well as in the East (probably some overlap with Islamic Education). For instance, it should discuss how Islam is and has throughout history been studied at Oxford and Cambridge universities, the histpry of the subject and how it was and is taught, who teaches and what is taught ther etc. I hope towork on it soon. (Tanzeel 20:38, 26 February 2006 (UTC))
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- Sounds great. --Striver 01:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I absolutely agree. The article started as a source of information referring only to the Western academic field often called 'Islamic Studies.' It now predominantly has become a laundry list of how everything under the sun can be studies in the context of Sharia and thereby deserves to be labelled as 'Islamic Studies.' Someone knowledgeable in both areas needs to make clear demarkations between the two and control any resulting attempts to restore confusion. (Pontus_Rosen 17:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC))
As I said, I hope to work on it soon, but I've just been so unbearably busy this last month with all sorts of work and personal stuff...when i get the time I will work on it. However, I won't be able to do much by myself, I'll need help, and although I'm quite knowldgable about the matter, I'm not a very experiencced wikipedian..so i'll need help even when i find the time Tanzeel 19:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] second paragraph
The second paragraph of this article is completely usless and POV. I am going to delete it.--Musaabdulrashid 18:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
