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USUL AL-DIN & COMPARATIVE RELIGION<\/h1>
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Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion and Philosophy<\/p>
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The Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion<\/h2>
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The Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion was established in 1997 along with other Islamic Revealed Knowledge departments in the AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (IRKHS). It promotes the Islamic sciences relevant to contemporary disciplines of study. It develops an Islamically \u2013 based integrated and holistic approach to education and career.<\/p>

Its niche area is \u201ccomparative approach in the study of Islamic Heritage, Thought, and Other Religions on the basis of Usul al-Din.\u00a0 It offers a four-year full-time program of studies leading to the Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage with Honours in Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, and postgraduate degrees at the Master and PhD levels in Islamic Thought and comparative Religion.<\/p>

The Department adheres to the philosophy, vision, mission and objectives of the University, and it aims to provide students with knowledge and Islamic values. A unique feature to be found in all the programs of the Department is the \u201cRelevantization of Islamic Heritage\u201d to contemporary realities.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n \n

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Master of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and heritage<\/h3>

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