Islamic Online University

Islamic Online University
IOU

Logo of the International Islamic Online University
Motto Changing nation through education
Type Online & Distance Learning
Established 2001
Chancellor Bilal Philips
Location Doha, Qatar
Campus Tallinding, K.S.M.D - The Gambia
Affiliations Gollis University
Website http://www.islamiconlineuniversity.com/

The Islamic Online University (IOU) is an online, distance-learning institute founded by Bilal Philips.[1]

Background

Initially established in 2001,[2] the program shut down due to technical difficulties. In April 2007, the Islamic Online University (IOU) reopened with a with a greater offering of completely free short courses,[2] The IOU propagates a clear-cut Salafi ideology.[3] The IOU website states that it only recognizes the Athari school of Islamic theology (or aqeedah)[4] and notes that although the Maturidi and Ash'ari schools of Islamic theology are incorrect, their errors are not large enough to take them out of the fold of Islam.[5] The IOU website offers "Ask the Shaykh" where web-users can submit questions that are then answered by IOU scholars.[6]

Ernest Bai Koroma, the Chancellor of University of Sierra Leone (USL) welcomed the idea of establishing the IOU type Islamic institution.[7] In 2014, the Niger State Government paid the Islamic Online University's Bachelor of Arts school fees for 35 students that registered from the state.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Marloes Janson, Islam, Youth and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at, p 251. ISBN 1107040574
  2. 1 2 3 Niger Times: "Niger State Government Pays Islamic Online University BA Fees for 35 Students" retrieved October 24, 2015
  3. ↑ Marloes Janson, Islam, Youth and Modernity in the Gambia: The Tablighi Jama'at, p 251. ISBN 1107040574
  4. ↑ Islamic Online University: "What is "athari aqeedah" (not ashari, but athari!) - arabic: أثري? Is this the aqeedah of ahlus-sunnah or an innovated aqeedah of people who do extreme tafweed?" retrieved October 24, 2015 | "But this is obviously a lie and distortion of the true historical facts, for there is only one 'Aqeedah of the Salaf, and that was the Athari 'Aqeedah, which was not one of tafweedh, as the Ash'aris claim"
  5. ↑ Islamic Online University: "According to the scholars, are the Ash’aris and Maturidis a part of Ahle Sunnah?" retrieved October 24, 2015 | "The Maturidis and Ash'aris fall into the first category and not the second. They have some wrong beliefs regarding Tawheed Asma wa Sifaat, but their mistakes in Aqeedah do not take them out of the fold of Islam."
  6. ↑ Islamic Online University: "Ask the Shaykh retrieved October 24, 2015
  7. ↑ http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/63888#sthash.Yrx2hSXp.dpuf

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