Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. The Tanzimat movement in the Ottomon State, and greater military and state reforms. The Ottomon Constitution, and Sultan Abdul Hamid.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. Further decline and loss of land in the Ottomon State. Tensions between religious scholars and the governement in Iran. Beginning of the constitutional movement in Iran, and the role of the religious scholars.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. Discussion of the Salafi school of thought, and its differences from Wahabbism. Biographies of Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. Biography of Jamal al-Din Afghani, and his activities throughout the Muslim world. Can he be designated as the father of all Islamic political movements?

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. The Muslim world at the end of WWI. Theory of Caliphate according to Rashid Rida. Biography of Hasan al-Banna, and the foundations of the Ikhwan (The Islamic Brotherhood) in Egypt.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. The history of the Ikhwan in Syria. Biography of Maulana Maududi, and the beginnings of Jamati Islami in Pakistan.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. History of Jamati Islami and its political activities in Pakistan. Foundations of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, and the nature of the dictatorship of Reza Khan.

Part of a series of audio recordings of lectures delivered by Dr. Hamid Algar in the fall semester 2003 as part of the course, Topics in Islamic Thought and Institutions. The growing presence of the Ikhwan, its spiritual leader Sayyid Qutb., and its eventual decline in Egypt. Other minor Islamic movement in Egypt.

Shi'a Islam: Class 12
MP3 Format;
- the science of hadith, and the unique difficulty facing Shi'i scholars, as a result of the infiltration of Ghulat tendencies among the followers of the Imam, and those hadith of the Imams narrated while in Taqiyya
- early life of Imam Musa al-Kazim
- the African heritage of the Imams
- persecution if the Imam by the Abbasid caliphs
- meeting between the nephew of the 7th Imam, and caliph Harun ar-Rashid, and its dire consequences for the Imam
- Khums, and its importance for the Shi'i community

Shi'a Islam: Class 18
MP3 Format;
- common metaphors used to show purpose of the Imam while in occultation
- communication with the Imam through ruq'a (writings by the Imam), 'arida (writings from believers to the Imam), and visions
- role of the 12th Imam in Shi'i Sufi orders
- the signs preceding the re-emergence of the Imam, and the details of his reappearance
- the appearance of As-Sufyani and his eventual defeat
- different Shi'i opinions on raja' (the partial resurrection of a few during the re-emergence of the 12th Imam)