4th Essay Assignment on Islam

*the topic I chose is that i LIKE AND AGREE with the idea thatThere is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah.*

4th Essay Assignment on Islam (Chs 17 & 18)
Suggested Topics
Choose a religious view that you like or dislike most among our topics in Islam, and critically discuss it. I am giving you a freedom to choose your own topic as long as you satisfy the following requirement: describe the view concisely, discuss why it is good or not, consider possible objections to your evaluation, think of rebuttals of these objections to save your original view, and briefly conclude your discussions.

Critically discuss the following famous Muslim creedal formula: There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah.

Sunnis use(d) the exercise of reason in the forming of a judgment. But this was something that came to be regarded with great reserve. Why? What was the problem?

The Mutazilites argued that justice requires some freedom. Explain the reason, and critically discuss this philosophical problem.

What is it that distinguished the Shites from the Sunnis? Do you think that their division is justified?

Critically discuss the characteristics of the Sufi movement.
Requirements
Read the academic honesty policy in the course syllabus.

You do not have to answer all the questions in the topic. What I want to read is an essay, after all, not an exam paper. Try to focus on just one or two points.

You should try to narrow down the scope of your topic and discuss it in depth. Jumbling up many miscellaneous points in a short essay does not make a philosophy paper.

Papers with more than five serious grammatical or spelling errors will not be graded. They will receive no credits.

Papers written for the other class(es) will get no credits.
It is the four essay assignments that will evaluate your deep understanding of, and critical and creative approaches to our topics. For each essay assignment, you can choose to post your own discussion note, or you may comment on other student(s) note(s). Each post will give you maximum 14.5% of your final grade. Each essay must have at least 250 but no more than 500 words; if your essay is not quite perfect in its content or has fewer than 250 words, you will get 0%~14.49%. For a given assignment you may post as many essays (discussion notes or comments) as you would like, but only one best essay (discussion note or comment) will count toward your final grade. In short, all I need for each essay assignment is just one essay, whether it is your essay that you start the discussion thread with, or a comment essay on other student(s). Four of your essays will constitute 58% (4 x 14.5%) of your final grade.
Students are encouraged to read regularly other students discussion notes and comments. You are required to comment on other note(s) if there is another note already posted that has the same subject as yours that is, you are not allowed to start a new thread of discussion if your subject overlaps with other student(s). This is to encourage everybody to read other students notes regularly. A failure to comply with this requirement may result in no credit for your post. Just write a sentence or two at the beginning of your essay as evidence that you have read other students essays of the same topic.

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