Islamic University of Madinah

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Type Salafi Public Location Medina, Saudi Arabia Total enrollment 22,000 (2010) Phone +966 14 847 4080		Students 22,000 Website www.iu.edu.sa Founded 1961

Established 1961; 56 years ago (1961) Address Prince Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al Jamiah, Medina 42351, Saudi Arabia President Dr. Hatem H. H. Al-Marzouki Notable alumni Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Bilal Philips, Abu Ammaar Yasir Qad, Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, Ismail ibn Musa Menk Similar Taibah University, Umm al‑Qura University, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud, Islamic University of Gaza, King Abdulaziz University Profiles Twitter

The Islamic University of al-Madinah al-Munawarah (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) was founded by the government of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree in 1961 in the Islamic holy city of Medina. It follows the Salafi ideology which is prevalent in Saudi Arabia.

Campus tour of the islamic university of madinah

Academics

University students may study Sharia, Qur'an, Dawah/Usul al-din, Hadith, and Arabic. The university offers Bachelor of Arts degrees and also Master's and Doctorate Degrees. Studies at the College of Sharia Islamic law were the first to start when the university opened. The admission is open to every Muslim individual based on scholarships programs and provides accommodation and living expenses.

Institutes

Institute Of Teaching Arabic For Its Non Speakers

Secondary Institute

Intermediate Institute

Makkaah Darul Hadith Intermediate Institute

Dar Ul Hadeeth of Al - Madinah

Alumni

Feiz Mohammad – Australian Muslim preacher of Lebanese descent.

Bilal Philips – salafi scholar and preacher.

Abdul Aziz al-Harbi – now member of the academic board for Umm al-Qura University

Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi – author and AlMaghrib Institute Dean of Academic Affairs

Mishary Rashid Alafasy - Kuwaiti Qari and İmam

Ehsan Elahi Zaheer – scholar and author from Pakistan

Rabee Al-Madkhali – former lecturer in the faculty of hadith and head of the Department of Sunnah in the Department of Higher Studies at Islamic University of Madinah

Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i – religious scholar and founder of Dar al-Hadith al-Dammaj in Dammaj, Yemen

Attique Ahmed Khan – politician from Jammu and Kashmir

Saeed Abubakr Zakaria – Ghanaian Islamic Scholar, lecturer and leader of Anbariyya Sunni Community in Tamale

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri – scholar and author of Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum

Ismail Ibn Musa Menk - Mufti of Zimbabwe

Ahmad Kutty - Islamic scholar from Kerala, as of 2016 the senior resident Islamic scholar in Toronto

References

Islamic University of Madinah Wikipedia

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Campus tour of the islamic university of madinah

Academics

Institutes

Alumni

References