Markaz Abī al-Hasan al-Ashʻarī lil-Dirāsāt wal-Buhūth al-'Aqdiyya () is an Islamic research center affiliated with the . It was established in the Moroccan city of

Tétouan Tétouan (, or ) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about E.S.E. of Tangier. In the 2014 Morocc ...

in March 2011 and is headed by Dr. Jamal 'Allal al-Bakhti, professor of theology at al-Qarawiyyin University.

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The center is particularly interested in the

Ash'ari school Ash'arism (; ) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer (''mujaddid''), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. It established an orthodox guideline, based on ...

of thought and its heritage, studying religious manuscripts and scholarly texts of Ash'ari scholars, and conducting studies on

Kalam ''Ilm al-kalam'' or ''ilm al-lahut'', often shortened to ''kalam'', is the scholastic, speculative, or rational study of Islamic theology ('' aqida''). It can also be defined as the science that studies the fundamental doctrines of Islamic fai ...

and

Islamic theology Schools of Islamic theology are various Islamic schools and branches in different schools of thought regarding creed. The main schools of Islamic theology include the extant Mu'tazili, Ash'ari, Maturidi, and Athari schools; the extinct ones ...

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* {{Authority control, state=expanded Ash'ari Islam in Morocco 2011 establishments in Morocco Research institutes established in 2011 Research institutes in Morocco Organizations based in Morocco Non-profit organizations based in Morocco Organizations established in 2011 Kalam Islamic theology Islamic studies Tétouan

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