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1. Dr Mahmood Yusuf Abdulla - Executive Dean

Dr Abdulla is a certified Chartered Accountant by profession and has completed both an MA in Islamic Studies at Portsmouth University, and a PhD. in Qur'anic Studies in December 2007 from Loughborough University. After first lecturing at religious gatherings at the age of 16, Dr. Abdullah has had the opportunity to visit and conduct Tableegh in 73 community centres in 48 cities around the world. He currently teaches the MA module 'Qur'an - Scripture and Signifier'. Dr Abdulla has also lectured on Quranic Hermeneutics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Assessment of IIPS

The Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (IIPS) has been in operation since September 2007 and currently has a total of ten students from a range of different countries and academic backgrounds.
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Module on 'Islamic Finance' Successfully Completed at IIPS

The Islamic Institute for Postgraduate studies has just completed its first Enrichment Module on the topic of ‘Islamic Finance’. The module was designed and delivered by Shaykh Safder Jaffer. The course content covered a number of areas within Islamic finance including: an Introduction to Islamic Economics, Models of Islamic Banking, and the concept of Takaful (Islamic Insurance). The lectures also shed light upon Jurisprudential views on Islamic Finances by the respected fuqaha.

Shaykh Mohammed Khalfan Visits IIPS

The Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (IIPS) in Damascus, which delivers the educational side of the Muballigheen Training Programme (MTP), is committed to a continuous process of evaluation and improvement to reach utmost standards of excellence in education. Recently, the IIPS received a visit from Shaykh Mohammed Khalfan of Kenya, a senior graduate of the Hawza Ilmiyya of Qum. Shaykh Mohammed currently resides in Qum and is working on a range of research-based projects.

Those who have first-hand and direct awareness about MTP, initiated by the World Federation, cannot escape to observe that the syllabus endeavours to make the programme relevant to the needs of the community in the twenty-first century. It is forward-looking in the sense that together with the four years of the traditional Hawza ta'leem (education) which is not only essential but indispensable, it strengthens the roots of this ta'leem with an MA degree through a recognised University in the West. During their four years in Damascus, they would have simultaneously studied for a higher degree, and gained a certificate that is recognised in the Western world. This would help in opening up for them several avenues, including pursuing their PhD in Islamic studies.

INTRODUCTION
The Muballigheen Training Programme (MTP) is a 4 year intensive academic course that offers both a structured Hawza curriculum as well as a Master of Arts (MA) in Islamic Studies accredited by a University in the West.

Brothers at IIPS

The Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (IIPS) started teaching the first cohort of students in September 2007 and accepted its second batch in 2008. The students work and live closely together throughout their time at IIPS. The programme has been designed to encourage and facilitate joint, harmonised and united working between the students in order to attain a common goal: graduating from the programme with the Islamic knowledge and ethical purity, ready to lead a community towards Allah (swt) and the Ahlul Bayt (as).

Iftaar at IIPS

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful By Mohamed Abbas Panju It is narrated by the Blessed Prophet of Islam (SAW) that the righteous scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets. Keeping this tradition in mind, it was an honour to host various respected Ulemas representing the Shia school of thought for Iftar on the eve of 14th Ramadhan, 1428.
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Second Year at the Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies Commences

By the Grace of Allah (swt), the second year of the Muballigheen Training Programme (MTP) at the Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies (IIPS), Sayyida Zainab (s), began on 6 September 2008. This year, six more students have joined the four year course in which students learn a wide range of traditional Islamic subjects in Arabic as well as gaining a Masters degree for modules completed in tailor-made modern academic subjects in English.

Dr Mahmood Datoo the IIPS MA Programme Leader

Dr Mahmood Datoo was born in Zanzibar, and is now resident in London. He is a graduate of Leeds University, having graduated in 1980 with an Honours degree in Civil Engineering. He was awarded a full scholarship by Leeds University to pursue doctorate studies, and in 1983, he was awarded a PhD in Structural Engineering.

CoEJ Secretary General visits IIPS

Left to right:- Samara Iqbal, Hassanain Mir, Sheikh Sami Bo Khamseen, Shabbarbhai Dhalla, Jaffer Jaffer and Sabiha Karim

Since the Muballigheen Training Programme first began on Saturday 8th September 2007, the feedback received has been extremely positive. Recently, the Institute of Islamic Postgraduate Studies in Damascus welcomed the visit of the Secretary General of The Council of European Jamaats (CoEJ), Brother Shabbar Dhalla.

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