At IMAMU University (Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University), the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are not just lofty ideals but foundational values that permeate every aspect of the institution's ethos and operations. From recruitment and admissions to curriculum development and campus life, IMAMU University is committed to fostering an environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered to thrive.
Recruitment and Admissions:
IMAMU University recognizes the importance of diversity in its student body and actively seeks to attract individuals from diverse backgrounds, including different ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic statuses, and abilities. The university employs inclusive recruitment practices that reach out to a wide range of prospective students and ensure that the admissions process is fair and equitable for all applicants.
Curriculum Development:
The university is dedicated to offering a curriculum that reflects the rich diversity of the world and prepares students to engage with diverse perspectives and experiences. Courses and academic programs incorporate content that highlights various cultures, histories, and worldviews, fostering a deep understanding and appreciation of diversity among students and faculty.
In addition, IMAMU University promotes inclusivity in the classroom by encouraging faculty to create an open and respectful learning environment where all students feel comfortable expressing themselves and sharing their perspectives. This includes incorporating inclusive teaching methods, such as group discussions, collaborative projects, and multimedia resources, that cater to different learning styles and preferences.
Support Services:
Recognizing that every student has unique needs, IMAMU University provides a range of support services to ensure that all students have equal opportunities to succeed academically and personally. This includes academic advising, counseling, tutoring, and disability support services, among others. The university is committed to removing barriers to success and providing personalized assistance to help students overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
Campus Life:
IMAMU University strives to create a campus environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive of all individuals. This includes organizing events, activities, and initiatives that celebrate diversity and promote intercultural understanding and dialogue. The university also fosters a sense of belonging and community through student organizations, clubs, and affinity groups that cater to various interests and identities.
Overall, IMAMU University is dedicated to cultivating an inclusive and equitable community where diversity is embraced, and all individuals are empowered to succeed. By upholding the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion in every facet of its operations, the university not only enriches the educational experience for its students but also contributes to the creation of a more just and harmonious society.
The UNESCO Chair for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/rchairs/ucffacfd/profile/Pages/default.aspx
The UNESCO Chair for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue is a scientific chair that works within the system of research chair programs at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. It is based on a strategic vision for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia adopted by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. It is a vision that establishes a positive life approach that aims to establish coexistence. Peaceful among followers of religions and cultures.
The chair aims to conduct scientific research on issues related to dialogue between followers of religions and cultures, and to qualify distinguished scientific cadres who can participate effectively in the dialogue of cultures, contribute a positive role in bringing societies together, and spread the culture of dialogue by relying on a group of means, including: holding seminars and conferences. The dimension of dialogue with others, publishing research and studies that address issues of dialogue, and providing an opportunity for scholars and intellectuals through it to contribute to finding solutions to the problems that the world suffers from.
Dialogue based on equality, justice, and respect for religious and cultural privacy represents the ideal path for effective participation in building a safe and stable human civilization, as dialogue between followers of religions and cultures leads to building a global system free of cultural, military, and racist hegemonic tendencies, in which nations and peoples cooperate in peaceful coexistence and reject hostility and hatred. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has realized these facts and has repeatedly declared, through the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, its rejection of the idea of a clash between civilizations that has been frequently proposed recently, and called for the establishment of a true global dialogue in which each party respects the other party's sanctities, beliefs, and identity, because This is the best way for peaceful coexistence between nations and peoples. On June 4, 2008, the Kingdom launched an initiative to establish a global dialogue between followers of religions in order to work to protect humanity from its children's tampering with morals, families, and values. To achieve this goal, the World Islamic Conference for Dialogue was held in Mecca, in the presence of 500 scholars and thinkers from various countries of the world. Dialogue conferences continued with followers of religions and cultures, as a global conference for dialogue was held in Madrid during the period July 16-17, 2008, in the presence of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah, and the King of Spain, King Juan Carlos. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the declaration issued by the conference at the conclusion of its work, Which emphasized the rejection of theories of conflict between civilizations and cultures, warning against campaigns that seek to undermine the foundations of peace and stability in the world, promoting common human and moral values, and spreading a culture of respect and understanding through dialogue. In order to consolidate the international dimension of the Kingdom's initiative for dialogue, an interfaith dialogue summit was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on November 12-13, 2008, in the presence of King Abdullah and with the participation of a number of leaders from a number of countries around the world, along with a number of representatives of the heavenly religions. The conference concluded its work by issuing a declaration confirming the commitment to All countries should promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including freedoms of belief and expression without discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, language or religion. The initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques was praised by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, who said in the final statement of this summit: “ King Abdullah's initiative came at a time when we needed dialogue the most. It brought together people who would not otherwise have the opportunity to meet, and this initiative, along with other initiatives, will help build a more harmonious world."
Out of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University's belief in its duty as a scientific research institution to support and enhance dialogue with others through studies and research, the establishment of a research chair within the university's research chairs program under the umbrella of UNESCO bears the name “UNESCO Chair for Dialogue among Followers of Religions and Cultures."
Objectives:
1- Scientific consolidation of dialogue between followers of religions and cultures, and work to develop and organize it.
2- Contributing to building a global culture that believes in dialogue as a means of coexistence with other followers of religions and cultures.
3- Monitoring and analyzing the trends of local and international public opinion towards dialogue between followers of religions and cultures.
4- Qualifying distinguished scientific cadres who can participate effectively in civilizational dialogue and contribute a positive role in bringing societies together.
5- Undertaking the outcomes of global dialogue initiatives between followers of religions and cultures (interactive meetings, scientific publications, etc.) to be monitored, studied and analyzed in a way that contributes to supporting the dialogue and achieving its goals.
6- Encouraging scientific research specialized in dialogue between followers of religions and cultures inside and outside the university
The Message:
Providing a high-quality scientific, research, and advisory environment that recognizes religious and cultural pluralism, respects the privacy of others, adopts dialogue as a means to peaceful coexistence, and adopts objectivity in studies and research that address issues of difference between followers of multiple religions and cultures.
Vision:
Spreading and strengthening the culture of dialogue between followers of religions and cultures as a societal alternative to conflict, strife, hatred, and rejection of others.
Participation of the Vice Deanship of Student Affairs for Female Student Affairs in the campaign with our values we rise and rise
https://imamu.edu.sa/news/Pages/news_18_5_2023.aspx
The Vice Deanship of Student Affairs for Female Student Affairs participated in the campaign "Our Values We Rise and Rise" organized and supervised by the Administrative Affairs of the University Vice Presidency for Female Student Affairs, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in the lobby of Administrative Building 416 in King Abdullah Women's City.
This campaign aims to promote the university's values based on moderation, excellence, participation, sustainability, transparency, responsibility, and initiative), spread Islamic values and consolidate decent morals, and contribute to building a model of good example, so that the university's employees have positive qualities and behavior to be emulated.
The Multilingual Club, the Translator Club, the Aware Club, the Technology and Talent Club, the Environment Club, and the Integrity Club of the Agency participated in achieving a valuable university environment to be followed in an event that contributes to achieving Vision 2030, and the campaign included multiple awareness corners, entertainment paragraphs and various distributions.
الاتجاهات الحديثة لدور الجامعات في حوار الحضارات (imamu.edu.sa) [1]
Diversity and disappearance are among the most important features that distinguish human societies that vary from
each other in many respects, and the disparity within one society may be dependent on
being among different communities. Intellectuals, scholars and philosophers have been aware of this fact since
The beginnings of the first history. On the other hand, religions and beliefs have confirmed this fact.
This disparity is seen by some as one of the positive manifestations of women's life, while
Some view it negatively as the main driver of conflicts at the highest level.
Local, regional and international.
The Four Pillars of education:
In agreement with that, multiculturalism and civilization,
through the so-called four pillars of education of pillars four the, which
Identified by the International Committee on Education for the 21st Century of the United Nations and represented by
· Learning to know: By combining public knowledge, and providing the branch with in-depth work on small-scale projects, where education works in contact with other knowledge and languages. Knowledge is the main objective of the educational process aimed at preserving and transmitting cultural and cognitive heritage from generation to generation.
· Learning to do: So that the individual acquires the skills to do with his work in which he can apply his knowledge gained from his various experiences within educational institutions, family and society. In the local and international context, learning for work includes acquiring the necessary skills that enable an individual to find him or her in society.
· Learning to be: For the development of the integrated personality of the individual to be able to act with renewed energy and judge things. And you must not ignore education any of the individual's energies regardless of his or her culture, race or race.
· Learning to live together: and that's through the development of understanding Learn to come together Others, understanding the aspects of interdependence, achieving joint projects and preparing to settle Conflicts with respect for pluralism, understanding and peace.
Standards for Postgraduate Program Accreditation
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/colleges/science/agents/SiteAssets/Lists/List/AllItems/accreditation%20standards%20for%20postgraduate.pdf#search=equality [2]
Dr. Al-Alam: “The Conference is a Good Opportunity to Demonstrate Expertise among Specialists"
https://units.imamu.edu.sa/vrectorate/en/KEICVR/News/Pages/news-18-10-2015.aspx [3]
Dr. Mohammed Al-Alam, the Vice-President for Knowledge Exchange and International Communication, praised the Supreme Jurisdiction Institute for organizing the International Conference on Judiciary and Arbitration. He emphasized the importance of the conference in asserting justice and equality among society members.
Dr. Al-Alam said: “The conference is a great opportunity for specialists to demonstrate expertise in judiciary, which indeed will enhance the knowledge of experts and researchers. He admired the inclusiveness of the conference' sessions, which covered international judiciary and arbitration, judiciary and arbitration in Sharia and law perspective, applicable law in judiciary and arbitration, and development prospects of the judiciary and arbitration mechanisms. He also highlighted the importance of the conference proposals and recommendations in order to solve any issue that can exist due to the rapid increase of population and economic growth.
Dr. Al-Alam also admired the noticeable progress of the Saudi courts in terms of systems and mechanism of justice, which aim to minimize the total independence on judiciary, and appeal to arbitration instead.
Eventually, Dr. Al-Alam thanked His Excellency, Dr. Fawzan Al-Fawzn, the Acting Rector of Al-Imam University, the Dean of the Supreme Jurisdiction Institute, the participants, and all committees' members for their efforts in the conference.
Dr. Mohammad Bin Saed Al-Alam
Vice-President for Knowledge Exchange and International Communication
for more info about the conference:
http://units.imamu.edu.sa/conferences/en/icaj/Pages/default.aspx
Qimam" program
https://twitter.com/IMSIU_SD/status/1364878110882111493 [4]
An invitation to #جامعه_الامام male and female students to participate in the "Qimam" program on the following link: http://qimam.com/apply #عمادة_شؤون_الطلاب
Organizing Committee of Judiciary Conference Convened
https://imamu.edu.sa/en/news/Pages/news4-6-1436.aspx [5]
Dr. Abdulaziz bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Mahmoud, Vice-Rector of Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University for Educational Affairs, has chaired on the last days the first meeting of the organizing committee of “International Conference of Judiciary and Arbitration", which will be host by Al-Imam University on the next October, 2015.
Commencing the meeting, Dr. Al-Mahmoud was called all members to pay upmost attentions to it, for it will address the role playing by judiciary and arbitration in settling foundations of justice and equality among members of the community. He, additionally, urged the academic committee to accept research papers and studies that dealing with mechanisms of judiciary and arbitration.
In similar vein, the meeting has discussed carefully the process of advertising the conference throughout media and social media tools, as well as the duties of the members of the organizing committee.
