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MEDIU received an honored guest; Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips, the Rector of the Islamic Online University in Qatar on Thursday, 17 February 2011. The honored guest was welcomed by MEDIU’s Honorable Rector; Prof. Dr. Mohammad Khalifa Al-Tamimi and MEDIU’s Chief Technology Officer; Mr. Sirag Elnour.
During the discussion with MEDIU’s Honorable Rector, Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips presented a brief introduction on the process and procedures of the Islamic Online University and its aspiration towards the distance learning education. The honored guest determinedly expressed their desire to extend the bridges of cooperation between MEDIU and the Islamic Online University in order to reach the advances in the technology of e-learning. A detailed explanation and procedures of the e-learning process done by MEDIU were presented to the honored guest and this was later followed by an office tour around MEDIU’s academic and administrative facilities.
At the end of the visit, Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal expressed his respect to the University’s by writing in the guestbook saying “I have found in MEDIU the future of dissemination teachings of Islam and I hope that we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.“