Islamic University Imam Muhammad ibn Saud

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جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية
Jamiʿat al-Imām Muhammad bin Saʿūd al-Islāmiyya
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
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founding 1974
Sponsorship state
place Riad
country Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Students 101,078 (2013)
Employee 3,768 (2013)
Networks FUIW
Website imamu.edu.sa

The Islamic University of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud ( Arabic جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية, DMG Ǧāmiʿat al-Imām Muḥammad b. Saʿūd al-Islāmīya ), or al-Imam University (IMSIU) in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , is named after the tribal leader Muhammad ibn Saud (1710–1765), the first imam of the Saud dynasty . It goes back to the two "colleges" for Arabic Studies and Islamic Law founded in 1953 . In 1974 it was given university status by a decree from King Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz .

al-Imam University in a sandstorm , 2010

The university has 10 faculties. In 2000/2001 it had more than 23,000 students and 1,300 employees. It has grown considerably since then. In 2013 it had 101,078 students and 3,768 employees. It has “intermediate and secondary Islamic institutes” in the most important cities of Saudi Arabia, Ra's al-Khaimah ( UAE ), the USA , Indonesia , Malaysia , Djibouti and Japan . She has her own printing house. In addition, the university realizes its goals within the Islamic Sharia.

The Saudi blogger Raif Badawi described the university as "a breeding ground for terrorists".

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Web links

Commons : Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jamaat Al-Imam Mohammad bin Saud Al-Islamiyah . In: WHED - IAU ’s World Higher Education Database . Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b List of Members. (pdf) In: www.fumi-fuiw.org. Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, 2017, p. 7 , accessed on September 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Universities Statistics . Center for Higher Education statistics, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia. Status: November 2013/1435 web.archive.org
  4. ^ Imam University. (No longer available online.) Bakkah, archived from the original on September 22, 2012 ; Retrieved April 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bakkah.net
  5. ↑ Imam Muhammad bin Saud University. SAMIRAD, April 20, 2009, accessed April 6, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. fundit.fr, accessed April 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ quoted from Martin Gehlen: Raif Badawi: Too free for Saudi Arabia . Zeit Online , January 16, 2015; Retrieved April 6, 2017

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