introduces innovative and creative thinkers from the contemporary Islamic world. In many Muslim countries the political climate is not conducive to free and open debate. Consequently, these intellectuals have often difficulties in finding a forum to expound their ideas, or face severe criticism and even outright oppression and persecution. Not surprisingly, quite a few have sought refuge abroad.

Selection of online resources on a particular group of Muslim intellectuals known as 'Quranists'

The following resources are intended to provide an outline of the ethos, scope and issues concerning Islamic Bioethics. As such, the majority of articles compiled here aim to give an introduction to the discipline for a person who has little or no knowledge of how Islam views bioethics.

Capita selecta/thema. Selected texts and suggestions for further reading on contemporary Islamic thinking and gender, sexuality, women's rights.

Capita Selecta/Theme. Selected texts and suggestions for further reading on Islamic thought and Muslim intellectual engagement with Globalization

Capita Selecta/Thema. Selected texts and suggestions for further reading on Islam, Development, Dependency Theory, Third Worldism, and Islamic Liberation Theology

Capita Selecta/Thema. Selected texts and suggestions for further reading on contemporary Islamic thought and politics, civil society, the question of democracy, secularization and plurality.

Capital Selecta/Theme. Selected texts for classroom discussions and further reading suggestions on epistemological questions, philosophy of knowledge, Islamic reason, rationalism in contemporary Islam

This outline contains suggestions for an integral core module providing a foundation for a more thematic approach to further teaching and learning on contemporary Islamic thinking, or for a set of introductory lectures and seminars as part of an expanded module on contemporary Islamic thinking.