:Islamic University of Madinah
{{Short description|University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Islamic University of Madinah
| native_name = {{lang|ar|الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة}}
{{lang|ar-latn|Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah}}
| image = Islamic_University_of_Madinah_Logo.png
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| motto = {{lang|ar|الجامعة التي لا تغيب عنها الشمس}}
| established = {{start date and age|1961}}
| type = Public
| president =
| students = 22,000
| city = Medina
| coor = {{coord|24|28|50|N|39|33|53|E}}
| country = Saudi Arabia
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| website = {{URL|https://iu.edu.sa/en-us}}
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| religious_affiliation = Islam
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{{Salafi}}
The Islamic University of Madinah ({{langx|ar|الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة}}) is a public Islamic university in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Established by King Saud bin Abdulaziz in 1961,[http://www.saudiembassy.net/files/PDF/Publications/Magazine/2000-Winter/Madinah.htm Madinah] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615025631/http://saudiembassy.net/files/PDF/Publications/Magazine/2000-Winter/Madinah.htm |date=2010-06-15 }} Saudi Embassy. Winter 2000. Sayy’id Abul Ala Maududi had played a significant role of establishing and running of Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. This institute is said to have been associated with Salafism, while claiming to have exported Salafi-inclined theologians around the world.{{cite book|author1=M. Milosevic|author2=K. Rekawek|title=Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uB7pAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133|date=3 April 2014|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-61499-387-2|pages=133}}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." Others disagree and state that the institution is objective and scientific, being detached to any singular ideology.{{cite book|author1=Abdur Rahman I. Doi|author2=Abdassamad Clarke|title=Sharīʻah: Islamic Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIgVAQAAIAAJ&q=misunderstood%20salafi|date=2008|publisher=Ta-Ha|isbn=9781842000878|pages=690}} It received institutional academic accreditation without exceptions from the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment in April 2017.{{cite web|title=The Islamic University Received Institutional Accreditation Without Exception (in Arabic)|url=https://sabq.org/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B7|website=Sabq Online Newspaper|access-date=20 October 2017 |author1=سبق }}
This university is designated only for Muslim male students.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/regeringen-ska-stoppa-csn-bidrag-till-saudiska-studier/|title=Regeringen ska stoppa CSN-bidrag till saudiska studier - DN.SE|date=2017-12-06|work=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=2018-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102231844/https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/regeringen-ska-stoppa-csn-bidrag-till-saudiska-studier/|archive-date=2 January 2018|language=sv-se}}
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.[http://www.4icu.org/reviews/4170.htm University of Madinah] 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|date= February 2022}}
Recently added colleges
In 2009, the university opened a Faculty of Engineering.{{Cite web|url=https://iu.edu.sa/site_Page/34163|title=النشأة|website=Islamic University of Madinah}} In 2011 the university opened a Faculty of Computer and Information Science.{{Cite web|url=https://iu.edu.sa/site/19|title=نبذة عن كلية الحاسب الآلي|website=Islamic University of Madinah|access-date=2020-03-22}} In 2012, the university opened a Faculty of Science for the first time.{{cite web|title=The Islamic University Starts the Admission for Science Programs for the First Time (Arabic)|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/744376|website=Al-Riyadh Newspaper|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016120625/http://www.alriyadh.com/744376|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://iu.edu.sa/site_Page/33152|title=النشأة|website=Islamic University of Madinah}} In 2019, the university announced that it would open a faculty of Judiciary Studies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/1961628|title=كلية الأنظمة والدراسات القضائية بالجامعة الإسلامية تستعد لاستقبال أول دفعة من طلابها|date=2019-08-25|work=وكالة الأنباء السعودية|access-date=2020-03-22}}
Online degrees
In 2019, the university announced that it would begin to offer online degrees through a new e-learning and distance education program.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/iu_edu/status/1166391720700993537?s=19&fbclid=IwAR3wk5Q-Zpky4ZzCV0r8cLAgn79kou1eS3XshQ1yzJz5RmQqWO39zKES058|title=تدشين مبادرة التعليم عن بعد في الجامعة الإسلامية|last=@iu_edu|date=August 27, 2010|website=Twitter}} The university currently offers an online bachelor of arts in Sharia and a certificate-granting program in Arabic language for non-native speakers.{{Cite web|url=https://enweb.iu.edu.sa/site_Page/21368|title=Sharia online program|access-date=2020-03-22|website=Islamic University of Madinah}}{{Cite web|url=https://enweb.iu.edu.sa/site_Page/21367|title=Arabic language for non-native speakers|access-date=2020-03-22|website=Islamic University of Madinah}}
Alumni
- Abdur Razzaq Iskander
- Ali Warsame, Somali Islamic scholar and preacher{{Cite web |date=2022-05-28 |title=Sheekh Cali Warsame oo ahaa caalim weyn oo Soomaaliyeed oo geeriyooday |url=https://www.voasomali.com/a/6593288.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Voice of America |language=so}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-11 |title=علي ورسمه حسن (عالم وداعية صومالي) {{!}} الصومال - شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية |url=http://arabic.alshahid.net/biographies/57818 |access-date=2025-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711083657/http://arabic.alshahid.net/biographies/57818 |archive-date=11 July 2014 }}
- Abdul Hadi Awang
- Dr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari - Former Minister of Islamic Affairs, Maldives
- Dr. Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed - Current Minister of Islamic Affairs, Maldives
- Hidayat Nur Wahid – Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (2004-2009), Islamic scholar with pluralistic view.{{cite book|first=Carool|last=Kersten|title=Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6WKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255|year=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190247775|pages=255}}{{cite web|title=Dr. Muhammad Hidayat Nur Wahid|url=https://www.kaiciid.org/who-we-are/governance/dr-muhammad-hidayat-nur-wahid|website=KAICIID|date=6 April 2016|access-date=15 November 2017}}
- Mufti Menk - Zimbabwe
- Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
- Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i
- Rabee al-Madkhali
- Mishary Rashid Alafasy{{Cite web|url=https://www.islamweb.net/ar/article/150656/%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B0%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A|title=نبذة عن حياة الشيخ مشاري العفاسي|last=إسلام ويب|date=2009-04-15|website=Islamweb|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://misharialafasy.net/about-us/|title=عن الشيخ مشاري راشد العفاسي|website=Mishari Alafasi|access-date=2020-03-23}}
- Yasir Qadhi{{cite thesis |last=Fouad |first=Khadija |year=2016 |title=American Muslim Undergraduates Views On Evolution |type=PhD|publisher=Indiana University|page=14}}
- Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani, Indian Islamic scholar{{Cite journal |last=Khalid |first=Obaidullah |date=April 2010 |title=Huqūq Aur Unki Kharīd-o-Farokht (a book review) |url=https://deobandi-books.aislam.org/book.php?b=500&p=13 |journal=Monthly Al-Farooque |location=Karachi |publisher=Jamia Farooqia |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706013812/https://deobandi-books.aislam.org/book.php?b=500&p=13 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |access-date=6 July 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Mayurbhanji |first=Muhammad Rūhul Amīn |date=25 May 2024 |title=Maulana Mufti Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani: Mukhtasar Sawanihi Khaka |trans-title=Maulana Mufti Umar Abidin Qasmi Madani: A Brief Biographical Sketch |url=https://abulmahasin.com/مولانا-مفتی-عمر-عابدین-قاسمی-مدنی-مختص/ |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=abulmahasin.com |language=ur}}
- Bilal Philips
- Sajjad Nomani
- Jusuf Barčić, Bosnian Shaykh
- Ja'afar Mahmud Adam.
- Khalid Basalamah
- Syafiq Riza Basalamah
- Ali Abdullah Jaber
- Muhammad Ayyub
See also
References
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External links
- [http://iu.edu.sa/ Official University Website] (English and Arabic)
- [http://www.madinahstudent.co.uk/ Official Website of The University's British Students] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131130141/http://www.madinahstudent.co.uk/ |date=2020-01-31 }} (English)
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Category:Islamic universities and colleges in Saudi Arabia
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1961
Category:1961 establishments in Saudi Arabia