World be stunned by the authority and prestige of college campuses in the world such as Harvard, Oxford, or Al Azhar. Currently the campus is arguably an campuses popular in all over the world. But popular does not mean college campus oldest. Though college campuses were now known, but not from that of higher education began. They did include the old campuses in the world, but not the first campus.According collegestats.org, the campus was first established in the world is the University of Al Karaouine (Al-Qarawiyyin). According to the site, the campus of Al-Qarawiyyin founded in 859 AD in the city of Fes, Morocco. Remarkably, the founder of a Muslim woman named Fatima Al-Fihri.
Fatima Al-Fihri was born in Tunisia 800-880 M in a very wealthy family and royal blood. Despite coming from a wealthy family and respected, they have high social life. Fatima's father named Mohammed Al-Fihri, a successful businessman in the city of Tunisia which then migrate to Fes, Morocco during the reign of King Idris II. Fatima Al-Fihri has a sister named Mary. Both sisters are the daughters of the shalihah and educated. Not only that, they love the Islamic religion and science, especially architecture.
After traveling with his father and settled in the western district of the city of Fes Morocco, Fatima and Mary has a vision and mission for the betterment of the community in the city. They get along with people regardless of their social class. As a first step, Fatima Al-Fihri with his brother founded a community study. Fatima realized the importance of having centers of religious study to keep Islamic knowledge and develop intellectual community. To achieve this, he was willing to donate his inheritance of wealth.
Fatima Al-Fihri and his sister Mary were educated and grew up with a large number of religious devotion inherited wealth from his father, a successful businessman. Furthermore, Fatima intend to spend the entire estate was to build a mosque.
Long story short, in 859 AD Fatima build a mosque named Al-Qarawiyyin, later in the 12th century developed into a university that became an important center of education and is the most prestigious Islamic university in the world. As for Mary, decided to give a portion of his inheritance to build the Great Mosque of Al-Andalus. The Masjid Al-Qarawiyyin that once a school was playing a major role in spreading the light of knowledge and milestones for cultural exchange between Islamic and European civilizations.
Fatima Al-Fihri not only spent all his inheritance to build the mosque, but he also devoted himself to developing science studies at the mosque so ahirnya Fatima decided to make the mosque of Al-Qarawiyyin as an educational center which later became a university.
Guinness Book of World Records has recorded this campus as the world's oldest university. Many leading scientists have graduated from the university. Among leading scientists who became the oldest alumni of the campus, there are several names such as Ibn al-Sabti Rushayd (d. 1321), Mohammed Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari Al-Fasi (d. 1336), Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 1015), Allal al-Fassi, Leo Africanus, Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi, Ibn Khaldun, Maimonides, Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, Abdullah al-Ghumari and some other figures. Not only the Muslim leaders, some Jewish leaders had gone to college.
University of Al-Qarawiyyin is a perfect example of how Islam combines the spiritual with the education and that Islam is not separate from the affairs of life. This is not just an example of how education and religion join a small corner of the world, but it highlights the honorable role of women in Islamic societies that are aspects of Islam that is often misunderstood.
In addition, during the Middle Ages, University of Al-Qarawiyyin considered a major intellectual center in the Mediterranean. Excellent reputation and even lead Gerber of Auvergne studying at the mosque. Gerber later became Pope Sylvester II and has introduced Arabic numerals and zero to the rest of Europe. The university is noted older than Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. The site notes, Al-Azhar University founded in 970-972. [MD].
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