LECTURE #3: COMMENTARIES

We read the following articles:

• "The Quran and other Islamic Texts"
• "Shiite and Sunni views on Political Legitimacy"
• "Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina (Avicenne): The Ideal Muslim Intellectual
• "Rabi al-Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya, A Woman's Voice in Sufi Poetry
• Abu al-Rayhum Muhammad ibn Al Biruni, A Muislim Scholar Examines Hinduism
• Disasters Strike the Muslim World

Please provide summaries as well as comentaries.