Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Death & Afterlife: Islam (Aisha Musa

Course information

 * University: Colgate University
 * Course title: Death & Afterlife: Islam
 * Professor name: Aisha Musa
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 * Course start date: August 27, 2012
 * Assignment due date: September 19, September 28; October 10; October 24; November 19, 26-30; December 3-7, 2012

Course description
This course examines Islamic views of death and the afterlife. How does Islamic scripture portray death and the afterlife? How do Muslims imagine it in art and literature? Is immortality possible? Is there a “good” way to die? What happens after death? The focus is on the scriptures, traditions, and rituals of Muslims. Topics include body and soul, heaven and hell, martyrdom, funerals, cemeteries and life in the grave, resurrection and judgment.

Wikipedia assignment
Working in groups of 3-4, students will choose relevant articles that need improvement and use what they learn through coursework and research to contribute to and improve their chosen articles. The project will consist of the following assignments, done over the course of the semester:
 * Identify relevant Wikipedia articles;
 * Compare Wikipedia articles to other reference sources;
 * Choose an article to improve;
 * Study and critique the article to identify what you will contribute;
 * Present the contributions in class;
 * Publish the contributions on Wikipedia;

Student usernames
Student usernames should follow the ExampleUser format below.

Student resources
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Wikipedia Pages with WAP information:
 * Team 1 Shahid
 * Team 2 Islamic Eschatology
 * Team 3 Jahannam
 * Team 4 Kafir
 * Team 5 Jahannam
 * Team 6 Justice in the Quran
 * Team 7 Islamic views on Sin
 * Team 8 Barzakh
 * Team 9 Barzakh

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Colgate University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Fall term. Further details are available on the course page.

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