This paper explores the methods of teaching in the pre-Modern Muslim World including a survey of the practices implemented in Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad from 700-1600 CE. Previous studies have focused primarily on the role of rote memorization and the dictatorial position of instructors. While not untrue, these claims represent only the extreme picture of...Read More

Various researches have been carried out by Islamic academicians, especially Islamic academicians from the past, related to fields they had explored such as beliefs (aqidah), Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), mystical dimensions of Islam (tasawuf), interpretation (tafsir), hadith, astronomy (falak), philosophy etc. These academicians had used various research methods when exploring their fields of study. Hence, most...Read More