Institute Of Islamic Studies (McGill)
There are multiple institutions called the College of Islamic and Arabic Studies or the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies: * Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, in Rome * College of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Afghanistan, American intelligence analysts characterize this as a jihadist safe house * Institute for Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

Pontifical Institute Of Arab And Islamic Studies
The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (, ; PISAI) is a Catholic Church, Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome focused on Arabic and Islamic culture, history and language. As of 2006, there have been over 1,300 students at the Institute since its beginning. History The institute traces its foundation back to 1926 and the work of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in Tunisia in a training centre for missionaries preparing to work in Muslim countries. In 1931 this foundation took the name Institute of Arabic Literature (; IBLA). Important for that process were Fr. Henri Marchal and André Demeerseman for whom Christian-Muslim encounter upon sound knowledge was of utmost importance. In 1949 it was decided to separate the teaching section from the other activities undertaken at IBLA which were more linked to the specifically Tunisian cultural scene. So a study centre was opened at Manouba (near Tunis) which welcomed students of Arabic langu ...
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College Of Islamic And Arabic Studies, Afghanistan
The College of Islamic and Arabic Studies in Afghanistan was an organization where American intelligence analysts asserted was tied to al Qaeda. They reported that Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, better known as ''"Abu Hafs al-Mauritani"'', the director of the institution, was a senior member of al Qaeda's leadership circle. When analysts went over the grounds of the institute they found what they characterized as ''" martyrship videos"''. Guantanamo captive Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko testified that the recording of him was not a martyrship video at all, but rather a confession. He acknowledged that he had travelled to Afghanistan, in 2000, to offer his services to the Taliban, but he had inadvertently triggered the suspicion he was an Israeli or American spy. He asserted that the Taliban turned him over to the Taliban to torture a confession out of him, and that the recording was the confession that followed his torture. He asserted he was interrogated and tortured at the institut ...
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