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« on: April 05, 2014, 04:43:06 am »



Via  Fatima-Al-Fihriyya-Art-Nouveau

Born 800 AD in Kairouan, Tunisia.  Died 880 AD in Fez, Morocco.






Al-Qarawiyyin University Fes Morocco, first university in history by Fatima al-Fihri
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Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque & University, Fes, Morocco.  World's first university.
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Translation of the above Arabic script on the stamp:

"Arabs in the lens of history:
An immortal historical figure in the memory of Tunisian and Moroccan history, Fatima was distinguished by being one of the most prominent patrons of science in Islamic intellectualism.  She is the builder of Al-Qarawiyyin University, the first university in the history of science. Today, the Guinness Book of Records confirms that Al-Qarawiyyin University is the oldest .. universities of the world, in which the teaching process is still going on, because they were built, and those who believe in the present!"




Fatima bint Mohammed al-Fihri



 

Twelve hundred years ago, a young, wealthy and  well educated woman named Fatima Al-Fihriyya (also known as Al-Fihri) inherited a big fortune from  her businessman father. Her interest was neither in shoes or handbags,  nor in any celebrity lifestyle.  Fatima  lived to make life for her community better and was a woman with a  vision.  Her vision did not remain a dream but was accomplished and the  results can still be seen today. In 859 CE, Fatima Al-Fihri founded the  oldest academic degree-granting university existing today, the  University of Al-Qarawiyyin in Fes, 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 true 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.  This is  not only an example of how education and religion merge in this small  corner of the globe, but it sheds light on the esteemed role that women  played in the Islamic community - an aspect of Islam that is often  misunderstood.

It's  unfortunate that in the Muslim world today, such inspirational women,  the likes of Fatima Al-Fihri, are rare.  Rather, they are rare in all  parts of the modern world.


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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2014, 03:24:02 am »

Lovely post sister Heba.  Many thanks for putting it up.  I really didn't know this. Just imagine, she was the first person to build the first university in this planet and no history written by orientalists have ever mentioned her name.

I request all to please read and send around.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2019, 09:21:14 pm »



Alhumdulilah, what a sweet and lovely post.  Enjoyed reading every bit.  Thanks Sister Heba ... many thanks.
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2019, 11:38:59 pm »



Alhumdulilah.    What great information.  Why don't we ever read about it in Western history books?
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2019, 09:09:37 pm »


.. ..... Why don't we ever read about it in Western history books?

Because buggers and bastards like Trump and Modi are rapidly filling up this dirty world who cannot bear to read or hear anything positive about Muslims, past nor present. 

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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2021, 12:56:16 pm »



Even segments of the Western world can't help but say that the first university in this planet was started by a Muslim woman.



Watch this 1.48 minutes video and also a 4-minute audio along with its article in the following link: 

https://www.dw.com/en/fatima-al-fihri-founder-of-the-worlds-oldest-university/a-53371150


DW (Deutsche Welle) is a German news outlet based in Germany funded by the country's tax-revenue.  Compared to other Western outlets like BBC, CNN, Fox, France24 etc., DW may seem more unbiased, providing information through their journalistic works globally so that people can have the freedom to form their own opinion.
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2021, 01:15:42 pm »



Big thanks brother.   Wonderful to watch, hear and read.  I wish the video and article were a bit longer.  True, DW is more respectful and not as egoistic to bring out the truth compared to those other Western channels for whom it's impossible to go through an entire article on Islamic History without discreetly tactful and shrewd smears with derogatory fibs.   Every bit of truth they may write is washed away by a couple of disparaging, belittling fabrications and falsifications.  At least DW hasn't done that with this article.

 
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2021, 01:19:28 pm »



That's precisely what I observed too, and so it was quite a breath of fresh air in comparison.

Thank you Sister Zeynab.
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2021, 03:22:57 am »



Very nice video and audio.   Alhumdulilah.

Thank you brother TS.
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