User:Grenavitar/Islam outline

This is an outline to give an organized account of the Islam articles.

(starting with copy/paste Brittanica)

  * Islam
  * The foundations of Islam
        o The legacy of Muhammad (hadith, sira)
        o Sources of Islamic doctrinal and social views (Sharia, Hudud)
        o Doctrines of the Qur'an
              + God (Allah)
              + The universe
              + Man (Women in Islam)
              + Satan, sin, and repentance
              + Prophecy
              + Islamic eschatology
              + Social service
        o Fundamental practices and institutions of Islam
              + The five pillars of Islam
                    # The shahadah, or profession of faith
                    # Salaat
                    # The zakat
                    # Sawm (fasting)
                    # The hajj
              + Sacred places and days
                    # Shrines of Sufi saints
                    # The mosque
                    # Holy days (Islamic calendar)
  * Islamic thought (History of Islam)
        o Origins, nature, and significance of Islamic theology
              + Early developments
              + The Hellenistic legacy
        o Theology and sectarianism (Divisions of Islam)
              + The Khawarij
              + The Mu'tazilah
              + The followers of Sunnah (Sunni Islam)
                    # The way of the majority
                    # Tolerance of diversity
                    # Influence of al-Ash'ari and al-Maturidi
              + The Shi'ah
                    # Isma'ili
                    # Related sects
                    # The Sufi
              + Other groups
                    # The Ahmadiyah
                    # The “Black Muslims” (Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation)
        o Islamic philosophy (Early Islamic philosophy, Modern Islamic philosophy)
              + The Eastern philosophers
                    # Background and scope of philosophical interest in Islam
                    # Relation to the Mu'tazilah and interpretation of theological issues
                          * The teachings of al-Kindi
                          * The teachings of Abu Bakr ar-Razi
                    # The teachings of al-Farabi
                          * Political philosophy and the study of religion
                          * Interpretation of Plato and Aristotle
                          * The analogy of religion and philosophy
                          * Impact on Isma'ili theology
                    # The teachings of Avicenna
                          * The “Oriental Philosophy”
                          * Distinction between essence and existence and the doctrine of creation
                          * The immortality of individual souls
                          * Philosophy, religion, and mysticism
              + The Western philosophers
                    # Background and characteristics of the Western Muslim philosophical tradition
                    # The teachings of Ibn Bajjah
                          * Theoretical science and intuitive knowledge
                          * Unconcern of philosophy with reform
                    # The teachings of Ibn Tufayl
                          * The philosopher as a solitary individual
                          * Concern for reform
                          * The hidden secret of Avicenna's “Oriental Philosophy”
                    # The teachings of Averroës
                          * Philosophy
                          * The divine law
                          * Theology
        o The new wisdom: synthesis of philosophy and mysticism
              + Philosophy, traditionalism, and the new wisdom
                    # Philosophy
                    # Traditionalism and the new wisdom
                    # Characteristic features of the new wisdom
                    # Critiques of Aristotle in Islamic theology
                    # Synthesis of philosophy and mysticism
              + Primary teachers of the new wisdom
                    # The teachings of as-Suhrawardi
                    # The teachings of Ibn al-'Arabi
                    # The teachings of Twelver Shi'ism and the school of Esfahan
                          * The teachings of Mir Damah
                          * The teachings of Mulla Sadra
              + Impact of modernism (Contemporary Islam)
        o Social and ethical principles
              + Family life
              + The state
              + Education
              + Cultural diversity
        o Religion and Islamic art history
              + The visual arts
              + Muslim music
              + Literature
              + Islamic architecture
        o Islamic mythology and legend
              + Sources and variations
                    # The Qur'an and non-Islamic influences
                    # The mystics
              + Types of myth and legend
                    # Cosmogony and eschatology
                    # Tales and legends concerning religious figures
                          * Muhammad
                          * Other Qur'anic figures 
                          * Muhammad's wives, Ahl al-Bayt, Sahaba, Taba'een, Taba Taba'een
                          * Mystics and other later figures
                    # Mythologization of secular tales
                    # Tales and beliefs about numbers and letters
              + Illustration of myth and legend
              + Significance and modern interpretations
  * Additional Reading
        o General works
        o Education (Madrassa)
        o Political theory and institutions
        o Islamic art history
        o Theology and philosophy
        o Islamic mythology and legend