Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia

Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia
Darul Marif
TypeIslamic university
Established1985 (1985)
PrincipalAllama Muhammad Sultan Zauq Nadvi[1]
Academic staff
60
Students1100
Location
Bahaddarhat
,
Chittagong District
,
Bangladesh

22°23′18″N 91°50′44″E / 22.3884°N 91.8456°E / 22.3884; 91.8456
CampusUrban

Jāmiʿah Dārul Maʿārif al-Islāmiah (Bengali: জামেয়া দারুল মা'আরিফ আল্ ইসলামিয়া, Arabic: جامعة دار المعارف الإسلامية), popularly known as Darul Marif, is a Qawmi jamiah situated at Bahaddarhat, Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2][3] Sultan Zauq Nadvi is the founder director of the jamiah.[4]

Academics

Jamia Darul Ma'arif offers the students Islamic education from the very initial stage up to the highest level. Besides Islamic knowledge it also teaches the student modern knowledge in subjects like English and Bengali languages, mathematics, geography, history, social science and general science up to secondary level.

It also offers specialization in Islamic studies and jurisprudence to students who successfully complete Takmil (MA).

College and departments

The jamiah has the following departments:

  • College of Arabic language and Islamic Studies
  • Department of Hifzul Qur'an
  • Department of Adab (Arabic Literature)
  • Department of Islamic law
  • Department of Dawah and Islamic studies
  • Arabic language course (one year or two year)
  • Journalism and Mass Communication course

Publications

Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia publishes several publications as below:

  1. Monthly Al Haq (monthly magazine in Bengali)
  2. Manarus Sharq (periodically Arabic magazine)[5]

References

  1. ^ "Concern mounts over Bangladeshi madrassas". Gulf Times. 29 September 2005. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ Ahmad, Mumtaz. "Islamic-Educationin-Bangladesh--Second-Year-Report" (PDF). iiu.edu.pk. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ Bano, Masooda (2008). Working Paper No. 13: Allowing for Diversity: State-Madrasa Relations in Bangladesh (PDF). Religions and Development Research Programme, University of Birmingham, UK. ISBN 978-0-7044-2567-5.
  4. ^ Halim, Anwar Parvez (13 September 2011). "Qaumi Islami University: Yet another scam". Probe News Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Probe article on Islamic periodicals in Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.