After almost 4 decades of existence, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) remains dear to her raison d’etre and philosophy of education that are mirrored in its Vision and Missions. IIUM sees education as a mean to impart knowledge so that human beings can understand their positions on earth, their relationships with the Creator, their roles and functions, and the need to achieve harmony with their own being, their communities, and their environment.
In its reimagined futures, IIUM is determined to depart itself from the conventional model of university education that is confined mainly to material knowledge for material gains, and where the curriculum is fragmented thus losing its meaning and purpose in the universal context.
Therefore, IIUM shall not merely be a seat of learning but an educational institution leading towards personality and character development of its staff and students at par with the Islamic way. IIUM will continue to champion the integration of knowledge, imbued with values and spiritual development under the aegis of the belief system of Islam.
The uniqueness of the IIUM model, with its integrated curriculum and wide-ranging programmes of holistic higher education, has earned the admiration of many renowned international Muslim scholars and leaders as well as other scholars and organisations the world over. This is because education at IIUM includes a special dimension: IIUM strives not merely for excellence in the academic sense, but for the development of balanced personalities imbued with values and culture, and ready to face the challenges of the Century to come.
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Team
Dr. Ainul Azmin Md Zamin is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature, International Islamic University Malaysia. She is currently the Head of Research. She is a transdisciplinary qualitative researcher whose interests lie in the areas of Education, Language Pedagogy and Islamic English. Dr. Fatmir Shehu, an Albanian scholar, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, Abdulhamid Abusulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). In addition, since 2021, he has been an instructor at the Institute of Knowledge Integration (IKI) for the online Postgraduate Programme. His B.A. and M.A. were in Arabic Language/Linguistics and his Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia. His Ph.D. research was on ‘Nostra Aetate and the Islamic Perspective of Inter-Religious Dialogue”. Fatmir served as a Deputy Director at the International Institute for Muslim Unity (IIMU) (2021-2023), and as a HOD at the Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion (RKUD), IIUM (2017-2017). Fatmir has vast teaching and supervising experience of more than 18 years at Undergraduate, Diploma, and Postgraduate levels. His research interest is on Islam and others, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Qur’anic and Sunnah Studies, Muslim and Western Scholarship in Comparative Religion, Comparative Ethics, World Religions, Theology, Ethnic & Minority Studies, Cultural Studies, and Peace and Tolerance Studies. Fatmir has presented at many international and local conferences, seminars, forums, and webinars. He has authored/co-authored 44 articles, authored/edited 6 Books, and authored 11 Book Chapters. Dr. Ungaran Rashid is currently an assistant professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He holds Sarjana Theology (equal to Master of Divinity in American System) from a Christian seminary in Indonesia, Master and Doctorate degree in Comparative Religion from International Islamic University Malaysia. Having studied in both Christian and Islamic Theological institutions, he is able to apply a deeper understanding of both religions for the purposes of inter-religious and ethnical relationship. He is a speaker for interfaith dialogue (Muslim-Christian relations) in various events held in Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Korea (including at Chongshin University, Seoul), USA, Turkey, Bangladesh and Mexico.
Ainul Azmin
It is a privilege to have been given such a significant responsibility in this Erasmus team, which was established as a cohesive front that transcends individual beliefs to support an important endeavour to combat climate change from an interreligious perspective.
Fatmir Shehu
I am very pleased to be part of the Erasmus Plus Project on Inter-Religious Environmental Education Ethics and Teacher Training which serves as the best platform to exchange ideas and thoughts, share experiences, improve interreligious discourse with others, know other perspectives better, and explore new opportunities for developing research skills and abilities, through which the betterment of human society and environment can be sustained.
Ungaran Rachid
Extreme climate change has caused many problems in human life in this world. The issues of flooding, caused by rising sea levels, on the one hand, and drought and lack of clean water, on the other hand, have become a global discussion that requires comprehensive handling. The technical aspects are common discussions to handle this problem, but in fact, this problem also needs to be seen from an ethical perspective in viewing the problem. In my opinion, ethical education from a religious and spiritual perspective is also significant to discuss. Therefore, dialogue, cooperation, and networking between religious communities should become possible topics to discuss.