Leselisten er retningsgivende for kunnskapen som studenten forventes ? tilegne seg gjennom kurset.
Ahmed, Leila: Women and Gender in Islam. Historical Roots of a Modern Debate, New Haven 1992. Yale University Press. I utdrag.
Ali, M (ed): A Manual of Hadith, London 1983. Curzon Press.
*Arberry, A.J. (ed): Muslim Saints and Mystics. Episodes from the Tadhlirat al-Auliya (Memorial of the Saints) by Farid al-Din Attar, New York 1976. Penguin.
Chittick, William C : Sufism. A Short Introduction, Oxford 2000. One World.
* Keddi, Nikki R. (ed): Scholars, Saints and Sufis. Muslim Religious Institutions since 1500, Berkeley 1972. University of California Press. To artikler, spesifisert under.
* Algar, Hamid: The Oppositional role of the Ulama in Twentieth Century, i "Scholars, Saints...." s 231 - 257.
* Marsot, Afaf Lufti al-Sayyid: The Ulama of Cairo in the Eighteenth Centuries, i "Scholars, Saints...." s. 149 - 165.
Kepel, Gilles: Jihad. The Trail of Political Islam, London 2003. I.B.Tauris. Kapitler 1-6, 9, 12-13 + Conclusion.
Koranen, Norske utgaver :1989 / 2000. Universitetsforlaget (Einar Bergs oversettelse) / Bokklubben (Hellige Skrifter; Koranen i utvalg). F?lgende surer: 1, 2, 4, 24, 17, 53, 96, 97, 101, 102, 108, 121.
Momen, Moojan: An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: the history and doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism, New Haven 1985. Yale University Press. Kapitler 7-10 og 13.
Schacht, Joseph: An Introduction to Islamic Law, Oxford 1964. Clarendon. s 6 - 88.
Vogt, Kari: Islams hus, Oslo 1995. Cappelen.
Watt, W. Montgomery (ed): Bell's Introduction to the Qur'an: completely revised and enlarged by W. Montgomery Watt, Edinburgh 1977. Edinburgh University Press. s 1 - 68.
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