- Hijaz College
Hijaz College is a British
Muslim school located inNuneaton ,Warwickshire ,England . Hijaz Collegew combines traditional Islamic education with the BritishNational Curriculum . The philosophy of Hijaz was formulated by its patron and founderHazrat Mujadid Abdul Wahab Siddiqi RA (1942-94) in 1994.Its current principal is his eldest son
Shaykh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi . The Jamia Islamia inCoventry was founded in 1979, that produced dozens of graduates who became fully qualifiedUlema (scholars ofIslam ) and doctors, lawyers, engineers etc.As of 2008, Hijaz College is run by the Chief Executive
Shaikh Tauqir Ishaq , a chartered civil Engineer by profession and Islamic Scholar. Hijaz College offers GCSEs in over 10 subjects and several A levels. The LLB law degree is also taught combined with religious sciences. Graduates of Hijaz College are awarded aBA in Islamic Law & Theology and are qualified in Islamicjurisprudence , Qur'anic andHadith sciences and Arabic etymology.In 1994 the vision of Hijaz College started to take a different shape in the form of Hijaz College Islamic University.clarifyme The college takes its name from the region in modern day
Saudi Arabia which comprisesMecca ,Medina andTaif .Hijaz College has grown in many aspects one of them being its expansion project covering a total extended area of convert|97000|sqft|m2|abbr=on, costing over £5 million and intended to increase the student accommodation capacity from 125 to 500 (as of 2008)Les Reid: [http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/north-warwickshire-news/2008/09/09/first-uk-sharia-court-up-and-running-in-warwickshire-92746-21708478/ First UK Sharia court up and running in Warwickshire]
Coventry Telegraph , September 9, 2008] Its plans includes extended teaching facilities and resources including a library which will display over 700,000 books.Hijaz College is independent from any governmental organisation.
In December 2007, the UK's first official
sharia court was set up at Hijaz college. By September 2008, it had settled more than 100 civil disputes between Muslims. Once parties have agreed to bring their case before the sharia tribunal, they are bound to its decision by English law.References
External links
* [http://www.Hijaz.biz Hijaz College Website]
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