WMCC conference on ‘Challenges of Higher Islamic Education after COVID-19’ set – Saudi Gazette

WMCC conference on ‘Challenges of Higher Islamic Education after COVID-19’ set – Saudi Gazette

ABU DHABI “” The World Muslim Communities Council, in partnership with the Association of Islamic Universities, number of universities, Islamic colleges, institutions, and educational quality agencies concerned with higher education will organize an international scientific virtual conference entitled "Challenges of Higher Islamic Education after Corona", on Saturday (July 11).

The conference examines the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, which represented a new and unprecedented turning point in the history of educational institutions, as these institutions were forced to resort to distance education during the closure.

This situation created a new reality that will lead the education personnel to reconsider the higher education system in terms of its philosophy, goals, systems, curricula, methods, and activities.

Dr. Ali Rashid Al-Nuaimi, chairman of the World Muslim Communities Council, said that the conference looks at the importance of Islamic higher education as an integral part of this reality.

It will be subject to changes that will affect education systems in the world, by raising several important questions related to the extent to how officials are responding to this new challenge, and whether higher Islamic education has sufficient traditions for the distance education stage.

He added that the conference would tackle the problems of higher Islamic education and provide convincing,