Emad El Din Shahin, Dean of CIS, and Dr Abdussalam Ahmed, Rector of Al Jamia Al Islamiya, signing the agreement in the presence of distinguished guests.
DOHA: In the interest of cooperating on graduate-level education as well as jointly promoting scholarship on the intellectual, scientific, research, and sociocultural contributions of Islam, Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Islamic Studies (CIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Al Jamia Al Islamiya, a renowned Indian institution of Islamic higher education.
The document, signed at Education City in Doha, outlines common objectives to exchange academic expertise, professional experience, and specialised skills. The agreement also creates a scope for HBKU and its counterpart to organise symposia, seminars, and conferences.
The signing ceremony was attended by members of staff and faculty of both organisations. Dean Emad El Din Shahin, Dean of CIS, and Dr Abdussalam Ahmed, Rector of Al Jamia Al Islamiya, signed the agreement in the presence of distinguished guests. The MoU allows for the exchange of faculty and graduate students, combined research, and mutual academic and executive courses between the two parties for a period of three years.
Dean Shahin said, “This agreement marks a significant step towards achieving a mutual understanding with our colleagues within India’s academic community. CIS and Al Jamia Al Islamiya’s common foundations and inclinations as higher learning institutions for Islamic studies allow for a progressive partnership that enables our respective students and faculty direct access to cross-cultural opportunities for innovation, education, and research.
“By harnessing each other’s institutional strengths, we work together to advance scholarly instruction of contemporary Islamic studies in the region and contribute to the advancement of knowledge-sharing and thought leadership in the field.”
Founded on a forward-looking model, Al Jamia Al Islamiya initiates a holistic Islamic educational modality that blends traditional Islamic tenets with modern perspectives.
Dr Ahmed said, “We are delighted to place on record that this landmark agreement will go a long way in embarking on a strategic partnership with our universities in promoting institutional excellence in teaching and research, mutual exchange of faculty members and students, collaborative research activities and various multi-disciplinary academic initiatives.”
HBKU’s MoU with Al Jamia Al Islamiya comes as the latest in a series of international cooperative agreements, which include MoUs with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Pasteur Institute in France, as well as Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and Ibn Haldun University in Turkey.
