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First batch of accredited IPSA students graduate
The International Peace College of South Africa (IPSA) over the weekend celebrated its 10th graduation ceremony. The graduation was held at the Centre of the Book, and witnessed the graduation of approximately 30 students donned in vibrant green, white and black. IPSA is the first and only Islamic institution registered by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in South Africa that offers accredited programmes; a Higher Certificate in Islamic Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies, and a Bachelor of Honours in Islamic studies. In 2005, IPSA celebrated its inauguration with the joint graduation of merging partners – the former Islamic College of Southern Africa (ICOSA) and the Darul Arqam Islamic Institute. The road to accreditation was a long and difficult process, which in 2013 culminated in the momentous achievement of provisional accreditation. In 2015 the National Student records database of DHET indicated that over 1000 students enrolled at the institution since its inception. By 2014, 533 BA degrees and Higher Certificates in Islamic Studies were issued. The institute boasts some of the top ranking Islamic scholars in South Africa, including; Shaykh Fakhruddin Owaisi, Shaykh Ebrahim Moos, Shaykh Ihsan Taliep, and Shaykh Ismail Londt. IPSA, since its inception, has endeavoured to adopt an active role in developing Islamic scholarship and research at a national level. In addition, the institute conducts numerous public programmes. In addition,...
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Islamic Jurisprudence: Evolution and Challenges University of Calgary, Canada Horizon. Feb. 2016 A lecture and an interesting discussion on a much needed new movement of renewal in Islamic thought, in which maqasid al-shariah takes a central role, organized by Horizon Academy...
Read MoreMAQASID AL-SHARI’AH A BEGINNER’S GUIDE
MAQASID AL-SHARI’AH A BEGINNER’S GUIDE Jasser Auda The International Institute of Islamic Thought – Londan read from...
Read MoreWomen Area in Mosque: Too Many Restrictions? (Part 3/4)
How men and women should line up in a mosque? This is the question discussed by Dr. Jasser Auda in this part of the series. In part 1, Dr. Auda argued that isolating women from men in mosques does not follow the practice of the Prophet nor does it conform to the design of his Mosque during his lifetime. Part 2 highlighted the advantages women acquire when they share the same mosque hall with men and, thus, be able to learn directly form the Imam. The Hadith on the worst of rows and its meaning There is a Hadith reported by Abu Hurayrah, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stated that: “The best of men’s rows are the frontward ones and their worst are their rearward ones, while women’s best rows are its rearward ones and their worst are their frontward ones.”[1] Some people draw on this Hadith to prevent women from attending prayer at mosques at all, or for isolating them in separate halls. This is a strange interpretation, since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could have got another prayer hall built for women alone or even prevented them from performing prayers in mosques from the very beginning. Yet, he absolutely did neither. The Hadith rather asserts the preference of men’s standing in the first rows and women’s standing...
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