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Course Brochure 2017 - Intermediate diploma in islamic sciences [IDIIs]

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Minhaj College Manchester

Board of Governors

Our Faculty

Programme Aims

Career and academic outcomes

Intermediate Diploma in Islamic Sciences

Entry Requirements

Course Outline

Facilities / Fee / Acommodation

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minhaj collegemanchester [mcm]The Minhaj College Manchester (MCM) is a continuation of the existing eff orts of the Jamia Islamia Minhaj-ul-Quran. The Jamia Islamia Minhaj-ul-Quran is the Sharia faculty of the Minhaj University, Lahore, and it has been training Islamic scholars and faith leaders since 1986. Many of its graduates have been posted around the world providing spiritual and religious services to Muslim societies and minorities.

Through the eff ort of its scholars, publications and educational programmes, the Minhaj University, Lahore, has been an active force for the revival of classical and traditional Islamic learning in the Muslim world. The graduates it has produced have

become a beacon of light in their communities, propagating the true Islamic teaching and beliefs.

The Minhaj College Manchester aims to provide Islamic scholarship to meet the many challenges faced by 2nd and 3rd generation British Muslims. The MCM is committed to teaching to the highest standard of Islamic education with its Intermediate Diploma in Islamic Studies (IDIIS), which will draw on both traditional and contemporary texts for its students.

The MCM welcomes people of all backgrounds to pursue a career in teaching and propagating Islam. The college curriculum is carefully monitored and designed under the guidance of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. It has the vision to fulfi l a longstanding need to produce individuals who impart true and authentic Islamic knowledge in line with the needs, requirements and norms of British society so that they become true and eff ective leaders within their community.

founderHis eminence, Shaykh ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, is a former professor of Law and one of the world’s leading authorities in Islamic scholarship. Author of over fi ve hundred books, he is currently working on writing his exegesis of the Holy Qur’an and a compendium of hadith consisting of thirty volumes, among many other works. His extensive, scholarly research serves as valuable resource material for enhancing classical and traditional learning while providing a modern contextualisation. Scholars and students alike are highly appreciative of his eff orts and greatly value his revivalist and forward-looking approach, including his contemporary presentation of the classical Islamic teachings.

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has a vision of not merely imparting Islamic knowledge, but to revitalise the classical Islamic teachings, so that the needs of the contemporary era can be met with the intended spirit of the Islamic tradition. Putting this vision into practice, he has established the Minhaj University, Lahore, and over 600 schools and colleges.

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DR ZAHID IQBAL - Chairman Board of Governors, MCM

Based in London, he has been active for many years at the grass roots in the spiritual and religious education of young Muslims. His main interest lies in tackling radicalisation of Muslims in the West and interfaith relations.

DR RAHEEQ ABBASI - Senior Academic Management

Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi has conducted PhD level research in Agent Technology at the Oxford Brookes University, alongside his MSc in High Speed Networking. Dr Abbasi has served on the board of governors at the Minhaj University Lahore (MUL). He was a member of the Board of Advance Studies and Research at the Minhaj University Lahore for 12 years. He remained chair of the Research and Review Committee at the Farid-e-Millat Research Institute (FMRi). He was also the principal of the the Jamia Islamia Minhaj-ul-Quran.

DR AZHAR JAVAID - Senior College Lecturer

Dr Javaid has been a college lecturer for 13 years and qualifi ed with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. He has been involved in various research projects which has resulted numerous publications in international academic journals.

DR MUHAMMAD RAFIQ HABIB - President British Council of Islamic Guidance

Dr Habib has a PhD and a Masters in Islamic Studies & Arabic from the University of Aberdeen, he has also studied in depth Classical Islamic studies from the Minhaj University and Al-Azhar University (Egypt) and has completed teacher training courses in the UK.

YASMIN HUSSAIN - Teacher and Examiner

With a BSc Honours degree in Applied and Human Biology as well as a Post Graduate Certifi cate of Education in Secondary Science with a specialism in Biology, Yasmin Hussain is an experienced teacher of Science within an outstanding school. Key responsibilities include the designing of interactive and engaging schemes of work as well as the marking and moderation of course work in line with the exam board mark schemes and regulations.

ABDUL QADIR - Teacher and Examiner

Abdul Qadir has over 30 years of experience in both public and private sectors and in delivering and managing a wide variety of Educational and vocational training programmes. As a Trainer, Assessor and Internal Verifi er, he delivered various vocational training programmes in Business, IT and Logistics. He has successfully managed a Learn Direct Centre and Qualifi ed Teacher Status Skills Test Centre. In addition Abdul Qadir has worked as a regeneration offi cer and economic development offi cer in Sheffi eld and Rotherham.

Imran Ashfaq - Senior School Teacher and Head of Department

Imran Ashfaq is the Head of Department for Physical Education at a secondary school. His roles include developing curriculum resources for delivery. Amongst his many teaching qualifi cations is the NPQSL. He has also led whole school projects looking at both pastoral and curriculum based projects. He has developed curriculum pathways enabling students to have personalised learning pathways.

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programme aims

career and academic outcomes

To teach students the fundamentals of Islam alongside the essential Islamic disciplines.

To enable students to examine traditional texts and to contextualise it to the needs of the contemporary era.

To equip students to study at prestigious institutions around the world, such as al-Azhar University in Egypt, to undertake further studies in advanced Islamic learning.

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admission openMinhaj College will commence its academic year in September 2017. It will also be off ering intensive short courses in early 2017 at its location in Manchester.

Applications are open for both male and females seeking to join the various courses available. The Intermediate Diploma in Islamic Studies (IDIIS) is suited to those who want to work directly in the fi eld of Islamic education, and for those looking to gain higher-level qualifi cations.

The aims of the Intermediate Diploma in Islamic Sciences:

MCM will ensure that its students have the best possible opportunities to gain specialisation from universities, both within the UK and abroad.

MCM is partnering up with local universities to provide accelerated access to their BA (Hons) Islamic Studies programmes.

The diploma will allow students to pursue careers as junior Imams, Islamic studies teachers and faith leaders in various posts including schools and prisons.

Our FacultyDR HASAN MOHI-UD-DIN QADRI Senior Lecturer - Visiting

Visiting Lecturer at the MCM, Dr Hassan has received a doctorate on his thesis ‘The Constitution of Medina and Modern Constitutional Principles’ (A Comparative Study of American, British &

European Constitutional Law) from the Arab League University in Cairo, Egypt.

MUFTI SOHAIL AHMED SIDDIQUI Head of IDIIS

Head of Islamic Sciences at Minhaj College Manchester. Mufti Sohail studied at the Jamia Islamia Minhaj-ul-Quran and The Minhaj

University Lahore (Pakistan), where under the tutelage of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, he received a wealth of classical and traditional Islamic knowledge from learned scholars.DR MUHAMMAD RAFIQ HABIB

Lecturer

Dr Habib has a PhD and a Masters in Islamic & Arabic Studies from the University of Aberdeen. He has also studied in depth Classical Islamic studies from the Minhaj University and Al-Azhar

University (Egypt) and has completed teacher training courses in the UK.

SHAYKH TASNEEM SADIQLecturer

Senior lecturer in fi nance at the Rotterdam University, and currently enrolled in a PhD program in management studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Alongside his professional

education, he studied the traditional Islamic curriculum with local and world renowned scholars, obtaining various Ijazat (teaching licenses) and Asanid (chains of authority). Most prominent amongst these is the Ijaza received from Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri.

SHAYKH ALI AKBAR Lecturer

Shaykh Ali Akbar is currently undergoing a PhD at Staff ordshire University and has been previously a lecturer at institutions under the Minhaj University Lahore.

SHAYKH WAQAS AHMED AMIN Junior Lecturer

A graduate with a First-Class Honours in BA Arabic Language and International Relations and an MA in Political Theory and Philosophy, he has pursued the classical Islamic sciences privately

in the UK since 2006, and was awarded al-Ijaza al-`Ilmiyya al-Khassa (teaching license) by Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 2015. Currently, he works as an in-house translator and editor for Minhaj-ul-Quran Publications.

SHAYKH ADNAN SOHAILJunior Lecturer

Shaykh Adnan Sohail specialized in the study of Prophetic traditions, nomenclature of Prophetic traditions and the Principles of the Sciences of Hadith at the faculty of Islamic Sciences and Theology in Al-Azhar University, Cairo (Egypt)

SHAYKH JAWED IQBALExaminations and Course Offi cer

Course Developer at Minhaj College Manchester, Jawed Iqbal began a serious study of traditional Islamic studies in the UK. His studies led him to Pakistan where he graduated with a double

masters in Islamic Studies and Arabic from the Minhaj University Lahore (MUL). He was a research fellow at the Farid-e-Millat Research Institute (FMRi) in Lahore for four years which oversees the works of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. He has continued to work in this fi eld in the last few years.

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Intermediate Diploma inIslamic Sciences [IDIIS]

entry requirements

The Intermediate Diploma in Islamic Sciences (IDIIS) aims to provide con-ceptual clarity and essential knowledge for its graduates to function as teachers and propagators of Islam; such individuals will be trained to take up religious and educational duties in their local communities.

The IDIIS will train its students in various foundational and core disciplines that are essential for Islamic scholarship. They include Arabic Language, Islamic Jurisprudence and Scriptural Studies of the Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions (Hadith).

This course will provide a comprehensive and integrated method of study, incorporating classical Islamic subjects alongside contemporary teaching techniques. It will give guidance to its students in issues facing the Brit-ish Muslim community and provide essential teacher training to enable its students to become eff ective teachers and propagators. The aim of the programme is to gear the students to take up the position of serving the British community as homegrown leaders.

The IDIIS is also an accepted entry programme to the world-renowned cen-tre of Islamic learning in the Muslim world, the al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. This course will enable its students, who wish to pursue a specialisa-tion, to enrol at the prestigious al-Azhar University to further their studies.

Registration is open to both male and female candidates who are of a minimum age of 16. There is no upper age limit.

with A-Levels:

Students applying for this route must have a minimum of 5 GCSEs, grades A-C. However, students without the required grades can provide references, so that their application can be considered for review.

without A-Levels:

For students who have already completed their A-levels or ma-ture students who do not wish to take A-levels, an alternative route can be taken without A-levels. A supporting application will be required, and any previous education will be consid-ered based on experience and merit.

PrinciplesExegetical Principles (Usul al-Tafsir) Jurisprudential Principles (Usul al-Fiqh)Hadith Principles (Usul al-Hadith)Jurisprudential Maxims (Qawa’id Fiqhiyya)Objectives of the Sharia (Maqasid al-Shar`iyya)

ContemporaryPeace Education Syllabus Islamic in the Contemporary WorldComparative Religion (Taqabul al-Adyan)Propagation Methodology (Usul al-Da`wa)Teacher TrainingModern Science

Religious Ritual RulingsIslamic Ritual Law (Fiqh) Theology/Divinity (`Aqida)Islamic Spiritualism (Tasawwuf)Prophetic Biography (Sira)Qur’anic Elocution (Tajwid)Private Learning

Primary Sources SubjectsQuranic Translation Quranic ExegesisHadith

LanguageArabic LanguageArabic Syntax (Nahw)Arabic Morphology (Sarf)Arabic Rhetoric (Bhalagha)Arabic Logic (Mantiq)

A-Levels*A-Level English Language and LiteratureA-Level Government and PoliticsA-Level Psychology and A-Level Arabic Language

COURSE ID IDIIS

LEVEL Intermediate

LEAD INSTRUCTOR Mufti Sohail Ahmed Siddiqui

START September 2017

TYPE Full Time (Mon-Friday)

COURSE LENGTH 3 years full-time and 5 years part-time

ACCREDITATIONIDIIS is fully accredited by Jamia Islamia Minhaj-ul-Quran.

FUTURE STUDYStudents will also have the opportunity to complete an advanced course at Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

*A-Level courses subject to change on demand.

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facilities

Feeswith A-Levels: £2150/year + £350 registration fee

without A-Levels: £1650/year + £350 registration fee

MCM is housed in a sizeable but modern building, which has been adapted for the needs of our students. The property is easily accessible by public transport with plenty of car parking arrange-ment for those who wish to travel by their personal means of transportation. The building is easily accessible for disabled students.

The registration fee will be required at the time of acceptance and the remaining fee can be paid in 3 equal instalments.

The fees do not include any books and additional expenses, and are only for academic tuition. Examinations costs are included within the fees.

accommodationManchester is a unique and vibrant international city with over 100,000 students from around the world.

MCM does not provide in-house accommodation. However, if there is enough demand for ac-commodation, MCM will organise accommodation for its students to support and facilitate their move to Manchester.

Accommodation costs will be in addition to the student fees.

To register interest, please contact admissions@minhajcollege.com for further instructions.

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Address: 30 Brindley RoadManchester, M16 9HQ

Phone: 0161 647 7094Email: hello@minhajcollege.com

www.minhajcollege.com

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