Al-Jāmi’a Alasmarya ( ar, الجامعة الاسمرية) ( en, Alasmarya Islamic University) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

in the city of

Zliten Zliten ( ar, زليتن, Zlīten) is a city in Murqub District of Libya. It is located 160 km to the east of Tripoli. Location The name Zliten is given to both the city and the whole area. As a city, Zliten is situated east of the capital, ...

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

, specializing in

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

sciences such as Islamic theology and Islamic jurisprudence. Founded in 1995, the university’s academic instruction is conducted from October to March. Statistics from the 1998-1999 academic year indicated a total of 14 teaching staff members and 506 full-time students. The university's academic departments include: *

Shariah Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the H ...

(Islamic

religious law Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Different religious systems hold sacred law in a greater or lesser degree of importance to their belief systems, with some being explicitly antinomian whereas others ...

) *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

Language *

Usul al-din The theology of Twelver Shi'ism contains the five principles of Shia Islam known as ''Uṣūl ad-Dīn'' ( ar, أصول الدين عند الشيعة). Usul al-dín is an Arabic Islamic term which literally translates as 'principles of the faith ...

*''Al-dawa'', ''al-emama'' and ''al-khataba''Libya: Our Home – List of Universities in Libya

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References

Development of Education in the Great Jamahiriya: Report to the International Conference on Education: Session 47, Geneva 2004UNESCO Libya

External links

Alasmarya University website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1981 Islamic universities and colleges Zliten Alasmarya 1981 establishments in Libya

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