Saudis enroll for Arabic, Islamic sciences at Moscow University

More than 150 students have enrolled at the Prince Naif Department for Islamic Studies at Moscow University for the session 2012-2013, including 32 listed in Qur’anic sciences, 24 in ethics and 31 in Islamic cultural studies.
The Department offers four specialized subjects related to the Arabic language and Islamic studies within the College of Philosophy at the university.
The Arabic language degree has 64 students, with eight first-year, 12 second-year and 16 third-year students, while 16 have enrolled in Qur’anic interpretation and 12 in Islamic jurisprudence.
The department has also offered its programs to other institutes, including colleges teaching art, history, journalism, social sciences, foreign languages and translation.
As a result, 22 have registered in Qur’anic Sciences and 20 in Arabic-Islamic culture.
In addition, 250 students are in their third academic year, studying Arabic at the Prince Naif Department for Islamic Studies.
Some 230 students are in their first year and 120 in their third year, studying Qur’anic interpretation, the Prophet’s biography, jurisprudence, Islamic and Arab culture, the history of Islamic States and Hadith. Statistics show that the department has 450 students.
The Arabic language and Islamic studies is also broadcast through radio on the Islamic wavelength from Moscow Radio.