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Defense of Islamic doctoral degrees in Dagestan

Defense of Islamic doctoral degrees in Dagestan

The Russian southern republic of Dagestan for the first time in the history has prepared its own Doctors of Islamic Sciences. The new doctors presented their dissertations on September 3 in the office of the Dagestani Muftiyat.

The Council for the Defense of Doctoral Dissertations for a Theological Degree was established on the basis of Dagestan Islamic University named after Sheikh Muhammad Arif. It includes both representatives of the Russian scientific community and renowned theologians, doctors of Sharia sciences from the Arab countries.

Among the foreign members of the Council there were: Ab durazzaq alSaadi, Rector, Iraqi Islamic University (Iraq), Hani Shamsudin, Professor, Al Azhar University (Egypt); Muhammad Sharif al Sawwav, Rector, Ahmad Kaftaru University (Syria); Muhammad Wahbiy Suleiman, Head, Doctoral Studies, Ahmad Kaftaru University (Syria); Gazi Hunayna and Zuheir al Jouaid, (Lebanon, Beirut); Ibrahim bin Rashid al Mureyhiy, Chief Justice of Bahrain; Karim Ifraq, Chairman, Islamic Public Organization, Paris (France) and Husamuddin al Farfour, Rector, Biladu Sham University (Syria). Due to the coronavirus pandemic they took part in the meeting of the Dissertation Council via the Internet.

2026-05-01 (Dhul-Qaida 1447) №5.


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