ISLAMIC THEOLOGY

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ISLAMIC THEOLOGY

The Department of Islamic Theology is the first academic department of Aliah University which is an autonomous educational institution and a State University functioning under the Department of Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education. It was establised in 2008 by an Act of the State Legislature of West Bengal i.e. Aliah University Act (Act XXVII of 2007) after the upgradation of the estwhile Calcutta Madrasah College, its parent and an historic institution established by the British Governor General Warren Hasting in 1780. At the beginning, the Department commenced its functioning initially in the old Campus of Calcutta Madrasah located at 21, Haji Md. Mohsin Square, Kolkata-700016.

The Department imparts courses in Arabic grammar, Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis) and Hadith (Prophetic Traditions), Comparative Study of Religions.

The Department was partially shifted to the  Park Circus Campus of Aliah University at 17, Gorachand Road, Kolkata-700014.
Presently the department has five permanent Faculty Members, eighteenPart-Time Teachers,six non-teaching staff along with eighteen Research Scholars.


Academic programmes offered by the Department.

B.A Honours in Theology.
M. A. (Theology)
Ph. D (Theology)

 

VISION

To help the students develop a well rounded personality imbibed with the moral and ethical values of Islam in order to make them an asset for the society and humanity at large.

To promote academic research in the field of Islamic theology and its contributions to the intellectual development of mankind.

To inculcate a deep passion for Islamic wisdom and moral values along with the spirit of reform both at the personal and social levels.

To prepare them to respond to the challenges of the modern time through powerful verbal, written expression and high standards of moral character.


MISSION

To make the Department a Centre of Excellence for Islamic theological learning in eastern India and the country as a whole.

To produce academics, researchers and world leaders well equipped with the modern knowledge and firmly grounded in the Islamic religious traditions, who can lead the community and mankind as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

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