Darul Huda Islamic University

{{Short description|Private university in Kerala, India}}

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| name = Darul Huda Islamic university

| motto = Thaleem, Tharbiya, Dawa

| type = Islamic University, Private university

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| established = {{start date and age|1986|df=yes|p=yes}}

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| city = Chemmad, Malappuram

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| country = India

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| religious_affiliation = Sunni

| state = Kerala

| native_name = دار الهدى

| website = {{URL|dhiu.in}}

| parent = Darul Huda Islamic Academy

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| vice_chancellor =Bahahuddin Nadwi{{cite web |title=DHIU - Darul Huda Islamic University |url=https://www.dhiu.in/office-of-vice-chancellor.html |website=www.dhiu.in}}

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Darul Huda Islamic University is an unaccredited private Islamic university in Malappuram district, Kerala, India .{{Cite journal |last=P. |first=Nazeer |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/8473 |title=History of Muslim Educational Institutions in Kerala During 20th Century |journal=INFLIBNET |publisher=University of Kerala |year=2011 |editor-last=N. |editor-first=Aliyarukunju |pages=266|hdl=10603/8473 }} It is equivalent to an unaided and non-affiliated Indian madrasa.{{Cite journal |last1=Osella |first1=Filippo |last2=Osella |first2=Caroline |date=2008 |title=Islamism and Social Reform in Kerala, South India |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/abs/islamism-and-social-reform-in-kerala-south-india/18943FB16EB7554D4159A00C1D0267E5 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |language= |volume=42 |issue=2–3 |pages=321 |doi= 10.1017/S0026749X07003198|s2cid=143932405 |issn=}} Established in 1986{{cite web |title=DHIU - Darul Huda Islamic University |url=https://www.dhiu.in/history.html |website=www.dhiu.in}} it is a Sunni institution for the training of Islamic scholars in India.{{Cite web |title=Darul Huda |url=https://www.dhiu.in/ |access-date= |website=Darul Huda, Chemmad}}{{Cite news |author= |date=10 October 2010 |title=Darul Huda to Celebrate Silver Jubilee in April |language= |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Darul-Huda-to-celebrate-silver-jubilee-in-April/article15775776.ece |access-date= |issn=0971-751X}} It offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.{{Cite web|title=جامعة "دار الهدى" في الهند.. تعاليم دينية وعلوم حديثة|url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/708791/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%C2%AB%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%89%C2%BB-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A9|access-date=23 January 2022|website=الشرق الأوسط|language=ar}}

From 2009, it has claimed the status of a private Islamic university;{{Cite press release|url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/07/12/2017/Seminar-on-renovation-of-Islamic-education-in-S-Asia|title=Renovation of Islamic Education in South Asia|language=en-US|access-date=4 April 2020|website=ThePeninsulaQatar}} and from 2010 it has been affiliated to the League of Islamic Universities, Cairo, Egypt.{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=10 October 2010|title=Darul Huda to celebrate silver jubilee in April|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Darul-Huda-to-celebrate-silver-jubilee-in-April/article15775776.ece|access-date=23 January 2022|issn=0971-751X}} However the UGC, India's only official body with the power to accredit universities, does not list it as a university.{{Cite web|title=Consolidated list of All Universities|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Consolidated+list+of+All+Universities.pdf|url-status=live|website=ugc.ac.in|publisher=UGC (India)|location=New Delhi|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229024602/https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/Consolidated+list+of+All+Universities.pdf |archive-date=29 December 2021 }}