Islamic University of Madinah
الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah | |
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| Motto | الجامعة التي لا تغيب عنها الشمس |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1961 |
Religious affiliation | Islam |
| Students | 22,000 |
| Location | , 24°28′50″N 39°33′53″E / 24.48056°N 39.56472°E |
| Website | iu (in Arabic) |
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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] This institution 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] Renowned Islamic scholar Maududi was involved in the establishment and management of the university.[9]
Colleges
Pure Islamic Colleges
- Shari'ah (Islamic Law)
- Holy Qur-an Studies
- Noble Hadith Studies
- Creed and Propagation
These colleges are the core of this university for which the Islamic University is so famous worldwide. LLB Shari'ah and ThB Creed & Religions are indeed the most popular programs on campus.
Scientific Colleges
- Sciences
- Computing
- Engineering
These colleges are newly added since 2009 or later on, long after the Islamic colleges mentioned above.
Arts Colleges
- Regulations & Economics
- Literature & Humanities[10]
Community Education & eLearning
Often, law, accounting and language courses are offered online or in-person for public.
Notable Alumni
- Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
- Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy[11][12]
- Abdul Hadi Awang
- Muhammad Ayyub
- Jusuf Barčić, Bosnian Shaykh
- Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari - Former Minister of Islamic Affairs, Maldives
- Khalid Basalamah
- Syafiq Riza Basalamah
- Abdur Razzaq Iskander
- Ali Abdullah Jaber
- Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
- Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani, Indian Islamic scholar[13][14]
- Rabee al-Madkhali
- Mufti Menk - The Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe
- Sajjad Nomani
- Bilal Philips
- Yasir Qadhi[15]
- Dr. Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed - Current Minister of Islamic Affairs, Maldives
- Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i
- Hidayat Nur Wahid – Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (2004-2009), Islamic scholar with pluralistic view.[16][17]
- Ali Warsame, Somali Islamic scholar and preacher[18][19]
See also
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.
- ^ سبق. "The Islamic University Received Institutional Accreditation Without Exception (in Arabic)". Sabq Online Newspaper. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Dictionary Islam Muslim World, etc. p. 873. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
From 1956, the discussion of the role of Islam in the constitution, died down and Maududi, until restricted by ill-health in 1969, traveled widely outside Pakistan. He was a particularly frequent visitor to Saudi Arabia, where he took part in both the establishment and the running of Medina's Islamic university and the World Muslim League.
- ^ "الكليات". Islamic University of Madina (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fouad, Khadija (2016). American Muslim Undergraduates Views On Evolution (PhD). Indiana University. p. 14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sheekh Cali Warsame oo ahaa caalim weyn oo Soomaaliyeed oo geeriyooday". Voice of America (in Somali). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "علي ورسمه حسن (عالم وداعية صومالي) | الصومال - شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية". 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
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)