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UIA: Islamic Education in Modern Era

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As-Syafi’iyah Islamic University or UIA is a private university in Bekasi that was founded in 1965. This UIA was founded by KH Abdullah Syafii. This university has a variety of study programmes. Among them are Islam, economics, engineering, health, social sciences, and law. UIA is a campus that prioritizes education with Islamic values, and aims to produce competent and moral alumni. [LN] In my opinion, UIA is a campus that puts social science and religious science together. Without losing the characteristic characteristic of an Islamic campus. In addition to studying world science, in this campus we as students also study the science of religion as the supply of the world. Therefore, it is not to be denied that many of these UIAs have a nickname as ustadz or ustadzah. Because inside the campus is taught how to preach to continue the struggle of the founder of the campus. [LN] As we know, that college is studying a science in a particular field. However, at the UIA campus it's not ...

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 Universitas islam As- syafi'iyah    As- syafi'iyah is an Islamic Educational academy foundad by K.H. Abdullah syafi'ie. He founded As-syafi'iyah on November 14, 1965. And then upgraded it to a university on march 12, 1969. At 18 year's old, he started by opening a madrasah with only land given by his father.    There were two motivation for K.H. Abdullah syafi'ie first, he wanted to improve the Educational qualification of scholars and teachers who graduated from Madrasah or islamic boarding school  and second things, he wanted to provide quality education to communities in need to of it. [SF]