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Omdurman Islamic University (OIU; Arabic: جامعة أم درمان الإسلامية) is a university built on an area of size about 800 feddans (3,360,000 square meters) in Omdurman, Sudan. While the school is primarily oriented toward Islamic studies, it serves other fields of studies as well, such as engineering, agriculture and medicine. Omdurman Islamic University is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.




History


Omdurman Islamic University was previously known as the Omdurman Scientific Institute. The Omdurman Scientific Institute was the first private scientific institute established in modern Sudan, and many prominent Sudanese scholars and personalities graduated from it. Sudanese scholars asked the colonial government at the time to establish the Omdurman Scientific Institute, which was accepted, and so the institute was established in 1912 as a response to rising foreign education. The institute represents the beginning of regular religious education in Sudan, which adopted the Al-Azhar system. The scientific institute developed in the mid-1960s to later become Omdurman Islamic University in 1965.




Faculties


Omdurman Islamic University offers various faculties, which are listed below.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Sharia and Law
Faculty of Medical Laboratories Sciences
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Media
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Computer and Information Technology




Notable alumni


During its time, the Omdurman Islamic University has educated various notable alumni, who are listed below.

Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter
Shaleh Muhamad Aldjufri, Indonesian politician
Guled Salah Barre, Somali politician
Hamid Choi, South Korean translator and professor
Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah, Somali-born Polish historian and social activist
Nizar Rayan, high-ranking Hamas leader and professor
Ali al-Sallabi, Libyan historian, religious scholar and politician
Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh, Sudanese American executive director of the Fiqh Council of North America
Abdul Somad, Indonesian Islamic preacher and scholar




See also


List of Islamic educational institutions
Education in Sudan




References

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• Universitas Mulawarman
• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
• Federasi Universitas Dunia Islam
• Omdurman Islamic University
• Omdurman
• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences
• Ali al-Sallabi
• List of Islamic educational institutions
• Nizar Rayan
• Hamid Choi
• Elhadi Adam
• Mogadishu University
• Battle of Omdurman