The contribution of Islam to the development and civilization of the world we now enjoyed today are not really talked about or given the right attention. The developments and andachievements in physics, medicine, mathematics, geography, engineering we are enjoying today was made possible through muslim scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and physicians like; Algebra, Ibn Sina (Avecenna), Ibn Rushdi (Averoes) etc. We will be talking about this great scholars another time, just make sure you follow Shamhariblog.
Today, we will be talking about one of the first University in the world and its founder. Do you know that one of the first ever university the world had seen was built by a Muslim Woman? Yes a woman in Morocco who was known as Fatima Al-fihir. And this university is still in existence till date in Fez, Morocco.
Fatima al-Fihri, founder of one of the world's first university at Fez, Morocco. Twelve hundred years ago, a young, wealthy and well educated woman named Fatima al-Fihri (also known as Al-Fihriyya) inherited a big fortune from her businessman father. Fatima lived to make life for her community better and was a woman of vision. Her vision did not remain a dream but was accomplished and the results can be seen until today. In 859 CE, Fatima Al-Fihri founded one of the oldest academic degree-granting university existing today, the University of Al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco. Fatima Al-Fihri is an example of the empowerment and encouragement Islam gives to women.
The Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque is one of the largest mosques in North Africa and the oldest university in the world. Al-Qarawiyyin is the perfect example of how Islam combines the spiritual with education and that Islam is not separate from life's affairs.
However, according to Wikipedia the University was founded as a Mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Islamic Golden Age. It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963 and officially renamed "University of Al Quaraouiyine" two years later.
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