| Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic
& Islamic Studies is a new and exciting development
in teaching and research in the study of Islam & Muslims.
Indeed, the Institute is a distinctive and unique development
at the academic and community levels, and the first of its
kind in Scotland.
Following the historic and successful visit of His Highness
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum to officially open
Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in
Dundee on 6 May 2002, the relationship between Dubai and
Dundee has been enhanced greatly by the Institute’s
presence in the City.
Working with the ethos or promoting a greater understanding
and building bridges through academic excellence and serving
the communities, the Al-Maktoum Institute has become an
integral part of Dundee’s City and society. In addition,
this has promoted Dundee as home to a centre of excellence
in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
The Institute was founded by HH Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid
Al-Maktoum with a stated purpose of promoting the development
of the new field of inquiry of Islamic Jerusalem Studies,
and the study of Multiculturalism. The Institute is actively
working to educate the next generation of scholars –
both in Scotland/the UK and internationally – in
the fields of the Study of Islam and Muslims.
The success of the Institute comes from the fact that
it is one of the key post orientalism institutions in
the world. To reflect this vision of post orientalist
and multiculturalist approaches, the Institute announced
in March 2004 the Dundee Declaration for the future of
the study of Muslims and Islam globally.
www.almi.abdn.ac.uk
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