The Islamic University of Madinah () is a

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Islamic university in

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. Established by King Saud bin Abdulaziz in 1961, 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

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sm, while claiming to have exported

-inclined theologians around the world. Others disagree and state that the institution is objective and scientific, being detached to any singular ideology. It received institutional academic accreditation without exceptions from the

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in April 2017. This university is designated only for

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male students.

Islamic science colleges

University students may study

Sharia Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah () is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on Islamic holy books, scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran, Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology ''sharīʿah'' ...

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, Usul al-Din and

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, while

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s may also study

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. The university offers

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and

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degrees. Studies at the College of

Islamic law were the first to start when the university opened. It offers scholarship programs for students with accommodation and living expenses covered.

Recently added colleges

In 2009, the university opened a Faculty of Engineering. In 2011 the university opened a Faculty of Computer and Information Science. In 2012, the university opened a Faculty of Science for the first time. In 2019, the university announced that it would open a faculty of Judiciary Studies.

Online degrees

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

Alumni

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* Mishari bin Rashid Alafasy *

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Abdullah Awad Al Juhany Abdullah Awad Al Juhany (), is one of the ten Imams of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. He holds a B.A. from the faculty of Qur'an at the Islamic University of Madinah, and a doctorate (Ph.D.) from Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. Juh ...

* Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani, Indian Islamic scholar * Rabee al-Madkhali *

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- The

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* Sajjad Nomani *

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* Yasir Qadhi * Dr. Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed - Current Minister of Islamic Affairs,

* Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i *

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– Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (2004-2009), Islamic scholar with pluralistic view. *

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