Hujjat al-Islam Jazayeri emphasized the necessity for the humanities to rely on the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt and said, “The humanities which are based on Western principles and secular thought are the source of decadence and deviation.” RNA – Speaking at a ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic year at al-Mustafa International University in the auditorium of the university’s Imam Khomeyni Specialized University campus in Qom, Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Hamid Jazayeri offered his condolences on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sajjad and Sacred Defence Week and said, “al-Mustafa International University is an institution which is a product of the Islamic Revolution and the source of the services and publication of Islamic knowledge.”
The deputy director of education at al-Mustafa International University said that in the new academic year, the number of academic disciplines at the seminary and university for non-Iranian students has increased from 120 to 400, adding, “The new educational system is tailored to the new requirements of the target community.”
Hujjat al-Islam Jazayeri emphasized the necessity for the humanities to rely on the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt and said, “The humanities which are based on Western principles and secular thought are the source of decadence and deviation.”
He described the curriculum of al-Mustafa International University as dynamic, up-to-date and based on authentic traditions of the Islamic Seminaries and said, “Mubahithah (group discussions), avoidance of credentialism and serious efforts in the arena of training and education are among the authentic seminarial traditions in the curriculum of al-Mustafa International University.”
Hujjat al-Islam Jazayeri expressed hope for the training and education of specialists tailored to the needs of the Muslim world and said, “Every one of the foreign seminarians at al-Mustafa International University who returns to their home countries can lead the people like a bright sun.”
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