Islamic University of Niger
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The Islamic University of Niger (officially the Oum Al-Qura University of Niger
) is an Islam
ic university
based in Say, Niger
.
's Sokoto Caliphate, founded there in the late eighteenth century.
. Faculties include:
The University publishes the Annals of the Islamic University of Niger. Students and faculty study in Arabic, French, and English.
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
) is an Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
based in Say, Niger
Say, Niger
Say is a town in southwest Niger, situated on the Niger River. It is the capital of the Say Department in the Tillabéri Region. The municipality has 12,000 inhabitants, and its economy is dominated by agriculture, herding and small trade.-Overview:...
.
History
The Islamic University of Niger is sponsored by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, first proposed in Lahore, Pakistan in 1974. It was approved at the conference in Sanaa, Yemen in 1984, and officially inaugurated in November 1986. Funding for the campus in Say and its faculty has been provided by members of the OIC. Say has a long history as a center of religious learning, with a short lived Islamic state, similar to that of Usman dan FodioUsman dan Fodio
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio , born Usuman ɓii Foduye, was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1809, a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter. Dan Fodio was one of a class of urbanized ethnic Fulani living in the Hausa States in what is today northern Nigeria...
's Sokoto Caliphate, founded there in the late eighteenth century.
Structure
Based in Say, around 37 miles from the nation's capital, the University's Vice-Chancellor's office is in NiameyNiamey
-Population:While Niamey's population has grown steadily since independence, the droughts of the early 1970s and 1980s, along with the economic crisis of the early 1980s, have propelled an exodus of rural inhabitants to Niger's largest city...
. Faculties include:
- Faculty of Shari’a and Islamic StudiesIslamic studiesIn a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
; - Faculty of Arabic LanguageArabic languageArabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
and Literature; - Institute of Higher Education, PedagogyPedagogyPedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
and Teachers Training; - African Centre for the Revalorization of the Islamic Heritage;
- “IQRA” Centre for Technical and Vocational Training;
- Section of Postgraduate Studies; and
- Women Collage for Islamic Studies and Arabic Language.
The University publishes the Annals of the Islamic University of Niger. Students and faculty study in Arabic, French, and English.