This course offers a profound study of contemporary issues including Islam particularly controversial subjects which Muslims encounter everywhere. The discussed issues can include (not exclusively) the following subjects: Islam and the Woman, Islam and human rights and Islam and democracy. The course also deals with Jihad (struggle in the cause of Allah) in Islam including the military and religious interpretations of Jihad, the Western misunderstanding of Jihad and the main obstacles to the interfaith dialogue and minorities taking into consideration the other divine religions.