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Students can now understand the principles of Islam in just 16 hours with an NGO launching weekend courses on its various aspects using latest technology tools.
The NGO Alkauthar Institute, which is launching its weekend courses in Chennai on Saturday and later in Mumbai, has taken conventional Madrasa education to another level by offering knowledge of Islam in small packages using latest technology for communication.
“Structured courses will be conducted in a professional learning environment by highly qualified instructors using information technology to communicate with students,” said Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, director of the NGO that is registered in Australia and UK and is in the process of registering in India as well.
The courses they offer include "The Unseen World" that deals with life of the hereafter, "King of the kings" that discusses the importance of knowing God, "Chronicles of the Shariah", which explains how the system of principles and ruling evolved and "The Real Deal" that covers issues on business transactions, halal (legal) investment, etc.
These weekend courses are conducted over a period of 16 hours in two days and have "credit" value in Australian Universities. Students can take the courses and gain credit points in a degree or diploma course of the University, the director said.
However, they have not yet been able to make any arrangement with Indian Universities, Chowdhury said.
“Traditional institutes do not equip students with tools to convey the principles of Islam in the twenty-first century,” Chowdhury said.
“Our faculty has classical training in Islam as well as a secular Western education background or have lived in the West. In fact, it is a prerequisite,” Chowdhury added.
The NGO Alkauthar Institute, which is launching its weekend courses in Chennai on Saturday and later in Mumbai, has taken conventional Madrasa education to another level by offering knowledge of Islam in small packages using latest technology for communication.
“Structured courses will be conducted in a professional learning environment by highly qualified instructors using information technology to communicate with students,” said Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury, director of the NGO that is registered in Australia and UK and is in the process of registering in India as well.
The courses they offer include "The Unseen World" that deals with life of the hereafter, "King of the kings" that discusses the importance of knowing God, "Chronicles of the Shariah", which explains how the system of principles and ruling evolved and "The Real Deal" that covers issues on business transactions, halal (legal) investment, etc.
These weekend courses are conducted over a period of 16 hours in two days and have "credit" value in Australian Universities. Students can take the courses and gain credit points in a degree or diploma course of the University, the director said.
However, they have not yet been able to make any arrangement with Indian Universities, Chowdhury said.
“Traditional institutes do not equip students with tools to convey the principles of Islam in the twenty-first century,” Chowdhury said.
“Our faculty has classical training in Islam as well as a secular Western education background or have lived in the West. In fact, it is a prerequisite,” Chowdhury added.
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