The Department of Da`wah and Islamic Culture
Background:
This is the most important department in the faculty or even university because it teaches, as a general requirement, the entire university students the subject of Islamic culture in its four levels for nine credit hours. Besides, the specialization we offer, which combines Da`wah and Islamic culture, is a unique and prominent specialization in Saudi universities. The department also runs bachelor's degree courses in Da'wah and Islamic culture for male and female students who, upon graduation, can get any job, including education, which requires a university degree, as what the Civil Service Ministry maintains. The department also offers masters degree courses for male and female students in either the field of Da'wah or Islamic culture.
Establishment:
Our department was originally part of the Faculty of Shari`ah and Islamic Studies and then, when the College of Da'wah and Usul-ud-Din (Call to Islam and Religion's Fundamentals) was set up in 1401:2 A.H, it was relocated.
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General Conditions for Admission:
These are the same conditions which are regulated by the statute for new students and explained by the statute for the university stage study and examination in articles no. 2, 3 and 4 as well as their rules of execution which are consistent with those of Umm Al-Qura University.
Postgraduate Studies:
Postgraduate studies in Da'wah and/or Islamic culture was introduced in the above-mentioned department in 1427/1428 A.H.
General information about the department:
- Males and females are segregated.
- The credit hours for the course are one hundred fifty-three.
- The male teaching staff in the department includes twenty-four.
- The female teaching staff in the department is twelve.
- The subject of Islamic culture is taught for all students.
- The subjects ‘schools of thought, criticism of Bida' (heresies), criticism of Sufism, the Islamic present-day world, intellectual invasion and contemporary reformation calls' which meet the requirements of the college are also available in our department.
The Professors who taught on contract in the department:
- Muhammad Al-Ghazali
- Ahmad Ghalwash
- Ahmad Muharm
- Ali Al-Subki
- Abdullrahman Habnakat Al-Meidani
- Muhammad Al-Mubarak
- Muhammad Gamil Al-Masri.
The conditions for enrollment on bachelor's degree in the department:
These are the same conditions which are regulated by the statute for new students and explained by the statute for the university stage study and examination in articles no. 2, 3 and 4 as well as their rules of execution which are consistent with those of Umm Al-Qura University.
The objectives the Department of Da'wah and Islamic culture hopes to fulfill:
- Pinning down the sound Islamic faith in the minds of the students and graduates who study our subjects to do their bachelor's and/or master's degrees
- Providing all our students with the scientific and practical approach so that they may take part in the community growth and development
- Providing all our students with the fruitful knowledge, right methodology and - for the entire university students - religious subjects that ought to help them defend Islam, keep its stronghold inviolate and capably prove any suspicions arisen by those badly purposeful and or the malicious unfounded;
- In the footsteps taken by Prophet Muhammad as a really medial propagandist, we do our best to help a radiant group of religious people (sheikhs) and propagandists qualify before they can globally work on calling others to Islam by means of wisdom and good advice
- Implanting the love for the country that embraces the two Holy Mosques and the importance of keeping it safe in the minds of not only our students but also of all the university students. This is thought to happen by fostering loyalty and focusing on the significance of compliance and fidelity to those on whom our country depends.