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Time flies! We wrapped up my #IntroToIslamGU course this week (well, except for their final research papers...). It was such a pleasure to teach this wonderful group of students—and to learn from them, too. Here's what we've been up to over the last month or so (thread): 
During our week on “hot topics,” we first looked shari’a, commonly known as Islamic law. We discussed what it is and common misconceptions about it in the US. To prep, we listened to @OttomanHistory podcast's episode on it and watched a talk by @AQuraishiLandes.
A main takeaway was that shari’a is not a single, fixed legal code, but is Muslims’ endeavors to discern and implement God’s will. Fun fact: Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews have used the word shari'a, too, to refer to divine law.
