ETMB59 Muslims in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Malecká, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 9:10–10:45 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Having completed the course, the students will be able to describe the form of the lived Sunni Islam in the territory of the Czech Republic. The students will be able to define the basic terminology related to Islam and will be able to explain the relations among the following categories: religion – culture – lifestyle – ethics – politics – law.
Syllabus
  • -Basic terminology, the history of Islam, literature. -Islam in the Czech Republic – history of Muslim community. -Mosques and places of worship in the Czech Republic. -Five/six pillars of faith – professing the faith, prayer, alms, jihad. -Fast and Ramadan. -Pilgrimage. -Permitted and forbidden categories; food, clothing. -Relations within and outside the family. -Life cycle – birth and childhood. -Marriage and wedding rituals -Death and funerary rituals
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BAHBOUH, Charif, Jiří FLEISSIG and Roman RACZYŃSKI. Encyklopedie islámu. Brandýs nad Labem: Dar Ibn Rushd, 2008, 366 s. ISBN 9788086149486. info
  • MENDEL, Miloš, Bronislav OSTŘANSKÝ and Tomáš RATAJ. Islám v srdci Evropy : vlivy islámské civilizace na dějiny a současnost českých zemí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 499 s. ISBN 9788020015549. info
  • KROPÁČEK, Luboš. Duchovní cesty islámu. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 292 s. ISBN 8070216131. info
  • PAVLINCOVÁ, Helena, Břetislav HORYNA, Miloš MENDEL and Dalibor PAPOUŠEK. Judaismus, křesťanství, islám (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). 2. přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2003, 664 pp. ---. ISBN 80-7182-165-9. info
  • Korán. Edited by Ivan Hrbek. Vyd. 7., V tomto překladu 3. Praha: Academia, 2000, 797 s. ISBN 8020002464. info
  • DENNY, Frederick M. Islám a muslimská obec. v čes. jaz. vyd. 2. Praha: Prostor, 1999, 194 s. ISBN 80-85190-96-6. info
    not specified
  • MENDEL, Miloš. Džihád : islámské koncepce šíření víry (Jihad: Islamic concepts of spreading the faith). 1. vyd. Brno: Atlantis, 1997, 231 pp. ISBN 80-7108-151-5. info
Teaching methods
2 hours lectures
Assessment methods
exam, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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