- Darul Uloom, Birmingham
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Darul Uloom Birmingham File:DUL logo - copy.PNG Established 1984 Type Islamic School Principal Maulna Dr. Abdur Rahim hafizahullah Students Around 175 Location Birmingham, United Kingdom Campus City Website http://www.darululoom.org.uk/ The Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham and Darul Uloom is an Islamic high school and college, based in Birmingham, England. The masjid has prayer facilities accommodating over 2000 muslims for 5 times daily prayer. It offers a full national curriculum covering secular subjects as well as being a full time madrassa.
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Darul Uloom Birmingham
The Darul Uloom Birmingham (Arabic: دارالعلوم الاسلامية العربية برمنجهام - Urdu: دارالعلوم برمنگهم) is an Islamic school located in the heart of Birmingham City UK. The Madrasah was established in 1985 and says its purpose is to provide education that will produce Ulama (Islamic Scholars) and Huffaz of the Qur’an who can become exemplary representatives of Islam, and serve both the Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah Birmingham is a specialized Islamic Madrasah, School & College, which says it provides a balance of traditional Islamic education and National Curriculum subjects. It states that its purpose is to educate students with both a firm understanding of the Islamic sciences and a strong academic knowledge of National Curriculum subjects, a combination that will provide students with a wide range of possibilities when in pursuit of further education.
Background
During the seventies and eighties, the nascent Muslim communities in England began to expand considerably. This growth created an ever increasing need for an educational initiative that would cater for future generations of Muslims.
Through the dedication of a group of individuals led by Dr. Maulana Abdur Rahim, Darul Uloom Al-Arabiah Al-Islamiah was established in 1985. The Madrasah was one of the first of its kind in the Western world.
Darul Uloom Islamic High School, Birmingham, has had favourable Ofsted reports up until 2011, praising its interfaith and general teaching. It was inspected in May 2011, following a Channel 4 documentary Dispactches filming teaching sessions within the school, and its teaching and performance were criticised-
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/103586
The regulatory body found that it was "inadequate" in the majority of categories, including: Overall Quality of Education, How effective teaching and assessment are in meeting the full range of pupils’ needs, How well pupils make progress in their learning, and The overall welfare, health and safety of pupils
The report followed a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, entitled Lessons in Hate and Violence, on February 14 2011, which filmed undercover inside the school and reported finding senior teachers preaching intolerance to children as young as 11;
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/video/series-80/episode-1/lessons-in-hate-and-violence
The school carries an Official Statement about the programme on its website, alleging that it had been misrepresented:
Teaching staff
The staff consists of many highly qualified and experienced teachers who are experts in the Islamic sciences and secular subjects.
Many of the teachers have qualified from the renowned Al-Azhar University in Egypt, with Masters and PhDs, in addition to their Alim and Hafiz qualifications from their own countries, under the Deobandi system. Having spent many years in the Arab peninsula, these teachers have the extra advantage of being able to speak and teach naturally and fluently in Arabic – thus the school has an excellent Arabic learning environment.
The principle is Maulana Dr. Abdur Rahim hafizullah, an economics graduate from Dhaka University with a doctorate from Glasgow University.
Mission statement
The school's mission statement is:
The Darul Uloom's mission is to create a generation of talented, educated scholars, who understand the Islamic way of life from its most authentic sources in accordance with Islam’s own intellectual heritage; whilst reflecting the environment and society they are from with appropriate academic knowledge, so that they may benefit the local community and enrich the wider society.
Curriculum
Darul Uloom considers it is necessary to impart education on board as a range of subjects as possible , classical and modern, practical and theoretical, islamic and secular.
In keeping the aims of the Madressah, the curriculum is divided into two sections - catering respectively religious and secular academic knowledge. The mornings are divoted to the study of the classical islamic sciences.
The islamic section is further divided into two separate courses:
- Alimi Class (the sciences of islam)
- Tafiz Al-Quran (memorisation of the Quran)
Hifz Section
Students in the Hafiz (Qur'an) commit the entire Qur’an to memory. They undergo a rigorous routine of memorization designed to ensure completion within three years. In addition to their daily assessments, regular evaluations take place through monthly, termly, and end of year examinations. Darul Uloom employs teachers who are Hafiz and Qari of a very high calibre. Hundreds of students have completed their memorization of the Qur’an here, and several of them have won local and national Hifz competitions. During Ramadan, many of the current and former Darul Uloom students lead the Tarawih prayers in mosques nationwide. The Darul Uloom consists of a wide range of facilities such as:
Facilities
The Darul Uloom consists of a wide range of facilities such as:
- A fully equipped IT lab.
- A well sized Science lab.
- A woodwork room for professional craftsmanship.
- A tuck shop.
- A play room (cabin) with indoor table tennis, table football, pool etc...
- A large spacious playground with areas to play football, netball, volleyball, cricket and an outdoor table tennis.
Majlis al Shura
The Majlis al Shura (Arabic: مجلس الشورى) is a body of Ulama (Islamic scholars) set up to govern, guide, and mentor the running of Darul Uloom. It consists of some of the most highly regarded Ulama in the region.
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