The Qur’an: Exploring Character Virtues for a Shared Civic Life: Videos and Course Resources

Class 1

Class 1 Video

Class 1 Slide Deck

To Read

• “The Hajj: A Muslim Vision for the Interreligious Life” by Zeyneb Sayilgan
• Hajj 2025: The Ancient United Nations Assembly
• “Qur’an” Exploring Islam by Salih Sayilgan

To Watch

 

Class 2

 

Class 3

Class 3 Video

Class 3 Slide Deck

To Read

• Excerpt from Following the Prophet by Salih Sayilgan 
• “Medina Charter of the Prophet Muhammad and Pluralism” by Sean William White
• “Forty Hadith on Good Character”

To Watch

• Inspired by Muhammad

 

Further Resources

Books

• Exploring Islam: Theology and Spiritual Practice in America by Salih Sayilgan
• Following the Prophet: The Life and Spiritual Legacy of Muhammad by Salih Sayilgan
• The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad by Shaykh al-Amin al-Mazrui
• My Prophet, Myself Children’s Book to cultivate Prophetic Character Virtues by Rabata Institute
• The Virtues of the Good Muslim (Open Access Resource)
• The Qur’an (Oxford World’s Classics), Translated by M.A.S Abdel Haleem
• The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad by Shaykh al-Amin al-Mazrui

 

Selected Articles

• “Islam and the American Common Good” by Sherman A. Jackson
• “Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations: Reflections on Some Qur’anic Texts”
• “A Sacred Duty: Islam and Social Justice”
• “Al-Haya: The Dignity of Shame”
• “So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews” by David J. Wasserstein

 

Other Initiatives

• Virtues in the Public Sphere Education Initiative by Religious Freedom Institute
• The Prophetic Model to Building Virtues in Our Communities Project by The Family & Youth Institute

 

Podcast

• On Being Muslim: Wisdom from The Risale-i Nur by Zeyneb Sayilgan

 

Documentaries

• The Light in Her Eyes (Documentary on a Qur’an school in Syria – available on different streaming platforms)