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Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation: . University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco, the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records.
Medina Knowledge Economic City was launched by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud in June 2006 and is the third of six economic cities announced by Amr Dabbagh, Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority. The 30 billion riyal ($7 Billion USD) project is located in Madinah, the second-holiest of three key cities in Islam.
The idea of establishing Al-Madinah International University was mooted by a group of Muslim scholars. Al-Madinah International University was named after Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, the city where Muhammad established the capital of the first Islamic state, which is considered the qiblah for those seeking Islamic knowledge.
The Islamic University of Madinah (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) is a public Islamic university in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Established by King Saud bin Abdulaziz in 1961, [ 1 ] the institute is said to have been associated with Salafism , while claiming to have exported Salafi -inclined theologians ...
The most prominent is the King Abdulaziz Public Library in Al-Madinah, which holds more than 14,000 original manuscripts, 1,878 Qur’anic manuscripts, 25,000 rare books, and approximately 9,000 databases. [11] The King Abdulaziz Public Library in Al-Madinah consists of 35 endowed collections.
In 1950, King Abdulaziz assigned Muhammad ibn Ibrahim to establish an Islamic institute in Riyadh. [7] Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University was founded in 1974. [8] The university was named after the emir of Diriyah and founder of First Saudi State, Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin.
City of Knowledge Islamic School is an Islamic K-12 school in Pomona, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1994, with 19 students, by Iraqi immigrants in the Los Angeles area who wanted to preserve Islamic customs among their youth.
Al-Madinah Cultural Center. Al-Madinah Cultural Center (AMCC, or Al-Madinah) is a non-profit student organization at the University of Minnesota that aims to create a better understanding and appreciation for the diverse culture of Islam through educational, social, and community activities at the University of Minnesota and to groom future leaders from its campus community.