Islam and Higher Education

Aiming at addressing various issues relating to contemporary and future needs in Muslim higher education and to arrive at some of the solutions to the problems and challenges now confronting the global Muslim ummah, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) organized the Third International conference on Islam and higher education (ICIHE) which was held on 1-2 October 2012.  The theme chosen for the 3^rd ICIHE was “The Role of Awqaf (“Endowments”) in the Development of Islamic Higher Education: The Past, the Present and Future Prospects.”