Editing Theology (section)

====Islam====
[[File:Imam Mālik ibn Anas, Sayr mulhimah min al-Sharq wa-al-Gharb.png|thumb|Islamic scholar, jurist and theologian [[Malik ibn Anas]]]]
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{{Further|Kalam|List of Muslim theologians|Schools of Islamic theology}}
Islamic theological discussion that parallels Christian theological discussion is called ''[[Kalam]]''; the Islamic analogue of Christian theological discussion would more properly be the investigation and elaboration of ''[[Sharia]]'' or ''[[Fiqh]]''.<ref>Gardet, L. 1999. "[http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei2/kalam.htm Ilm al-kalam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202100/http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ei2/kalam.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}." ''[[The Encyclopedia of Islam]]'', edited by [[P. J. Bearman]], et al. Leiden: [[Brill Publishers|Koninklijke Brill NV]].</ref>

{{blockquote|Kalam...does not hold the leading place in Muslim thought that theology does in Christianity. To find an equivalent for 'theology' in the Christian sense it is necessary to have recourse to several disciplines, and to the usul al-fiqh as much as to kalam.|author=translated by L. Gardet|title=|source=}}

Some Universities in Germany established departments of islamic theology. (i.e.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-islam-konferenz.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/EN/rede-kerber-festveranstaltung.html?nn=598848|title=Speech by State Secretary Dr Markus Kerber at the official opening ceremony for the Islamkolleg Deutschland|website=DIK – Deutsche Islam Konferenz|access-date=31 January 2023|archive-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131143038/https://www.deutsche-islam-konferenz.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/EN/rede-kerber-festveranstaltung.html?nn=598848|url-status=live}}</ref>)