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Mufid Academic Seminary

Fair Oaks, VA, US • 5 - 9 Employees
College/University

Our goal is to contribute scholars to Western academia and leaders to serve U.S. Muslim communities. Western academic studies of Islam lack serious attention to Shi'i studies. orientalists rarely studied Shiism, and if they did, they mainly did so through a Sunni lens. The lack of resources demands the establishment of institutions that primarily focus on Shi'i studies in the West. In recent years there has been a rise in the interest in Shi'i Islam both in European and American universities, but there are no graduate majors in Shi'i studies in any American academic institutions. Mufid Academic Seminary is a response to this need. The MA in Islamic Studies Shi'i Concentration at George Washington University is the first MA with a concentration on Shi'i Studies, a collaborative project between MAS and the GW Department of Peace and Religion.For more information regarding the application process for our M.A. program, please visit our site https://www.mufidseminary.org/how-to-apply.For more information regarding our B.A. Hawza Studies program, please visit this page to learn more about the courses we offer, https://www.mufidseminary.org/hawzah-studies-courses.