Islamic University of Madinah

Islamic University of Madinah
الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة; Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah
Motto	الجامعة التي لا تغيب عنها الشمس
Type	Public
Established	1961; 63 years ago
Religious affiliation	Islam
Students	22,000
Location	Medina, Saudi Arabia; 24°28′50″N 39°33′53″E / 24.48056°N 39.56472°E
Website	iu.edu.sa/en-us; (in Arabic)

The Islamic University of Madinah (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) is a public Islamic university in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Established by King Saud bin Abdulaziz in 1961,^[1] the institute is said to have been associated with Salafism, while claiming to have exported Salafi-inclined theologians around the world.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Others disagree and state that the institution is objective and scientific, being detached to any singular ideology.^[7] It received institutional academic accreditation without exceptions from the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment in April 2017.^[8]

This university is designated only for Muslim male students.^[9]

Islamic science colleges

University students may study Sharia, Qur'an, Usul al-din and Hadith, while non-native speakers may also study Arabic language. The university offers Bachelor of Arts, Master's and Doctorate degrees.^[10] Studies at the College of Sharia Islamic law were the first to start when the university opened. It offers scholarship programs for students with accommodation and living expenses covered.^{[citation needed]}

Recently added colleges

In 2009, the university opened a Faculty of Engineering.^[11] In 2011 the university opened a Faculty of Computer and Information Science.^[12] In 2012, the university opened a Faculty of Science for the first time.^[13]^[14] In 2019, the university announced that it would open a faculty of Judiciary Studies.^[15]

Online degrees

In 2019, the university announced that it would begin to offer online degrees through a new e-learning and distance education program.^[16] The university currently offers an online bachelor of arts in Sharia and a certificate-granting program in Arabic language for non-native speakers.^[17]^[18]

Alumni

Abdur Razzaq Iskander
Hidayat Nur Wahid – Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (2004-2009), Islamic scholar with pluralistic view.^[19]^[20]
Mufti Menk - Zimbabwe
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i
Rabee al-Madkhali
Mishary Rashid Alafasy^[21]^[22]
Yasir Qadhi^[23]
Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani, Indian Islamic scholar^[24]^[25]
Bilal Philips
Sajjad Nomani
Jusuf Barčić, Bosnian Shaykh
Ja'afar Mahmud Adam.
Khalid Basalamah
Syafiq Riza Basalamah
Ali Abdullah Jaber
Muhammad Ayyub

References

^ Madinah Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Saudi Embassy. Winter 2000.
^ M. Milosevic; K. Rekawek (3 April 2014). Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders. IOS Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-61499-387-2.
^ Chaplin, Chris. "Salafi Islamic piety as civic activism: Wahdah Islamiyah and differentiated citizenship in Indonesia." Citizenship studies 22.2 (2018): 208-223.
^ Determann, Jörg Matthias. "Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission by Michael Farquhar." The Middle East Journal 71.2 (2017): 331-332.
^ Chaplin, Chris. "Imagining the land of the two holy mosques: The social and doctrinal importance of Saudi Arabia in Indonesian Salafi discourse." Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 7.2 (2014): 217-236.
^ MUSA, M.F., 2018. THE RIYAL AND RINGGIT OF PETRO-ISLAM: INVESTING SALAFISM IN EDUCATION. Islam in Southeast Asia: Negotiating Modernity, p.63. "Scholars have argued that the Islamic University of Madinah is the primary exporter of Wahhabi ideology, and has produced Salafi-inclined theologians, who later promoted the ideology throughout the world."
^ Abdur Rahman I. Doi; Abdassamad Clarke (2008). Sharīʻah: Islamic Law. Ta-Ha. p. 690. ISBN 9781842000878.
^ "The Islamic University Received Institutional Accreditation Without Exception (in Arabic)". Sabq Online Newspaper. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^ "Regeringen ska stoppa CSN-bidrag till saudiska studier - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2017-12-06. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
^ University of Madinah
^ "النشأة". Islamic University of Madinah.
^ "نبذة عن كلية الحاسب الآلي". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ "The Islamic University Starts the Admission for Science Programs for the First Time (Arabic)". Al-Riyadh Newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "النشأة". Islamic University of Madinah.
^ "كلية الأنظمة والدراسات القضائية بالجامعة الإسلامية تستعد لاستقبال أول دفعة من طلابها". وكالة الأنباء السعودية. 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ @iu_edu (August 27, 2010). "تدشين مبادرة التعليم عن بعد في الجامعة الإسلامية". Twitter.
^ "Sharia online program". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ "Arabic language for non-native speakers". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
^ Kersten, Carool (2015). Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780190247775.
^ "Dr. Muhammad Hidayat Nur Wahid". KAICIID. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ إسلام ويب (2009-04-15). "نبذة عن حياة الشيخ مشاري العفاسي". Islamweb. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
^ "عن الشيخ مشاري راشد العفاسي". Mishari Alafasi. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
^ Fouad, Khadija (2016). American Muslim Undergraduates Views On Evolution (PhD). Indiana University. p. 14.
^ Khalid, Obaidullah (April 2010). "Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (a book review)". Monthly Al-Farooque. 26 (5). Karachi: Jamia Farooqia: 13. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^ Mayurbhanji, Muhammad Rūhul Amīn (25 May 2024). "Maulana Mufti Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka" [Maulana Mufti Umar Abidin Qasmi Madani: A Brief Biographical Sketch]. abulmahasin.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 6 July 2024.

External links

Official University Website (English and Arabic)
Official Website of The University's British Students Archived 2020-01-31 at the Wayback Machine (English)

24°28′50″N 39°33′53″E / 24.48056°N 39.56472°E / 24.48056; 39.56472

[1] Madinah Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Saudi Embassy. Winter 2000.

[MilosevicRekawek2014-2] M. Milosevic; K. Rekawek (3 April 2014). Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders. IOS Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-61499-387-2.

[3] Chaplin, Chris. "Salafi Islamic piety as civic activism: Wahdah Islamiyah and differentiated citizenship in Indonesia." Citizenship studies 22.2 (2018): 208-223.

[4] Determann, Jörg Matthias. "Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission by Michael Farquhar." The Middle East Journal 71.2 (2017): 331-332.

[5] Chaplin, Chris. "Imagining the land of the two holy mosques: The social and doctrinal importance of Saudi Arabia in Indonesian Salafi discourse." Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 7.2 (2014): 217-236.

[6] MUSA, M.F., 2018. THE RIYAL AND RINGGIT OF PETRO-ISLAM: INVESTING SALAFISM IN EDUCATION. Islam in Southeast Asia: Negotiating Modernity, p.63. "Scholars have argued that the Islamic University of Madinah is the primary exporter of Wahhabi ideology, and has produced Salafi-inclined theologians, who later promoted the ideology throughout the world."

[7] Abdur Rahman I. Doi; Abdassamad Clarke (2008). Sharīʻah: Islamic Law. Ta-Ha. p. 690. ISBN 9781842000878.

[8] "The Islamic University Received Institutional Accreditation Without Exception (in Arabic)". Sabq Online Newspaper. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

[9] "Regeringen ska stoppa CSN-bidrag till saudiska studier - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2017-12-06. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-23.

[10] University of Madinah

[11] "النشأة". Islamic University of Madinah.

[12] "نبذة عن كلية الحاسب الآلي". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

[13] "The Islamic University Starts the Admission for Science Programs for the First Time (Arabic)". Al-Riyadh Newspaper. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[14] "النشأة". Islamic University of Madinah.

[15] "كلية الأنظمة والدراسات القضائية بالجامعة الإسلامية تستعد لاستقبال أول دفعة من طلابها". وكالة الأنباء السعودية. 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

[16] @iu_edu (August 27, 2010). "تدشين مبادرة التعليم عن بعد في الجامعة الإسلامية". Twitter.

[17] "Sharia online program". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

[18] "Arabic language for non-native speakers". Islamic University of Madinah. Retrieved 2020-03-22.

[19] Kersten, Carool (2015). Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values. Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780190247775.

[20] "Dr. Muhammad Hidayat Nur Wahid". KAICIID. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[21] إسلام ويب (2009-04-15). "نبذة عن حياة الشيخ مشاري العفاسي". Islamweb. Retrieved 2020-03-23.

[22] "عن الشيخ مشاري راشد العفاسي". Mishari Alafasi. Retrieved 2020-03-23.

[23] Fouad, Khadija (2016). American Muslim Undergraduates Views On Evolution (PhD). Indiana University. p. 14.

[24] Khalid, Obaidullah (April 2010). "Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (a book review)". Monthly Al-Farooque. 26 (5). Karachi: Jamia Farooqia: 13. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[Amin-25] Mayurbhanji, Muhammad Rūhul Amīn (25 May 2024). "Maulana Mufti Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka" [Maulana Mufti Umar Abidin Qasmi Madani: A Brief Biographical Sketch]. abulmahasin.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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