Ibn Taymiyyah, Hanbalism, Shi'ism, Salafism, Shi‘a–Sunni Refutation Texts, Islamic Political Theory
İsmail AKKOYUNLU (Asst. Prof. Dr.)
He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Atatürk University in 2007.
He completed his master's degree in 2011 and his PhD in 2017 at Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, Department of History of Islamic Sects.
(Master’s Thesis Title: “The View of Ibn Taymiyyah towards the Schools of thought in the Matter of Faith”)
(Doctoral Dissertation Title: “Ibn Taymiyya's Refutation to Shia")
Between 2007 and 2011, he worked as a Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher at Hilalkent Primary School in Elazığ-Merkez.
From 2011 to 2017, he served as a Research Assistant in the Department of History of Islamic Sects, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, Faculty of Theology at Ankara University, and from 2017 to 2019, he continued at the same faculty as a Research Assistant with a PhD.
In 2015, he conducted research related to his field and received Arabic language training for four months at the University of Jordan.
In February 2019, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Islamic Sects, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, Faculty of Theology at Ankara Social Sciences University.
* Assistant Representative at the Faculty of Theology, Ankara University (2013–2019)
* Course Assistant for “History of Islamic Sects I” and “History of Islamic Sects II” (Undergraduate Courses, 2011–2019)
* Course Assistant for “Contemporary Islamic Movements” and “Religious Movements in Turkey” (Undergraduate Courses, 2011–2019)
Undergraduate Courses (Bachelor’s level):
- History of Islamic Sects I
- History of Islamic Sects II
- Contemporary Islamic Movements
- Religious Movements in Turkey
Graduate Courses (Master’s level):
- Ahl al-Sunnah
- The Mindset of Ahl al-Hadith and Hanbalism
- Methodology in the History of Islamic Sects
- Research Methods and Publication Ethics
Doctoral Courses (PhD level):
- Textual Analysis in the History of Islamic Sects
- Wahhabism and Salafism
- The Problem of Methodology in the History of Islamic Sects
An academic known for his studies on Ibn Taymiyyah, Shi'a-Sunni refutation texts, Salafism, and classical Islamic sects.
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* He conducts research on Ibn Taymiyyah.
* The Ahl al-Hadith/Hanbali tradition and Salafism are among his areas of interest.
* He is interested in the “theory of faith” (iman) in Islamic thought.
* He examines Shi’a–Sunni refutation texts and their place in inter-sectarian relations.
* His research areas include Shi’a–Sunni debates on imamate and caliphate, as well as the role of these debates in Islamic political theory.