The Educational Objective of the Islamic Culture Course

Objectives: This study aims to shed light on the awareness-building objective of the Islamic Culture course that introduces students to the Islamic sciences they will follow classes in, allowing them to distinguish fundamental religious issues from peripheral ones in each of them. Methodology: We employed a descriptive approach to review the educational situation of Arab Muslim students, to elucidate the nature of the awareness-building element in the Islamic Culture course and to present its goals and core elements. Additionally, we used an analytical approach to analyse the aspects of Islamic educational theory operative in implementing these objectives. Results: We found that dialogical and independent learning should lie jointly at the basis of the Islamic Culture course because together they achieve the course's main objective, observing the general specifications in defining the course's content, which are inclusiveness, generality, emphasis, standardisation, and focus. Originality: This study elucidates a critical issue that still needs explanation: the cognitive framework on which the Islamic Culture course relies and its practical implementation for specialised and non-specialised students. In so doing, the study's perspective offers a fresh outlook on the course's characteristics.