Faculty of Islamic Sciences, UNSA | Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the Institute of Islamic Thought in Ankara
The Faculty of Islamic Sciences (FIN) of the University of Sarajevo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Islamic Thought in Ankara.
The agreement was signed by Dean Dr. Mustafa Hasani and Institute President Mehmet Gormez, former President of the Turkish Diyanet.
The Memorandum enables significant exchanges between professors and students to gain new knowledge that is present in the Muslim world and Islamic thought.
– This agreement allows our professors to be guest professors at the Institute, and at the same time, professors from the Institute will come to us. What we are particularly excited about is the opportunity for our young researchers, primarily assistants and doctoral students, to also benefit from this agreement by spending a certain period of time on summer schools or research stays at that institute – said Dean Hasani.
He explained that the Institute of Islamic Thought in Ankara has gained a reputation as an educational institution that promotes thinking about the intersection of Islamic tradition and modern intellectual currents, injecting new perspectives and freshness.
– The Institute is significant because, despite being relatively young, it has a strong network of institutions, results from its cooperation with numerous institutions, and has more than 400 researchers from all over the Muslim world participating in its annual conference, which is a global scene that is very important for us – emphasized Dr. Hasani, noting that this allows young researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina to step onto this stage and gain insights into contemporary research.
Institute President Mehmet Gormez expressed joy and satisfaction with the signed agreement with the Faculty of Islamic Sciences.
– Between states, agreements are made on political, economic, and other levels, but certainly the strongest agreements and connections are made on the levels of science, thought, and values – said Gormez.
He recalled the legacy of Tajić Okić, a Bosnian imam who left a significant academic footprint in Turkey.
– After 25 years of non-existence of Islamic sciences in Turkey, came Bošnjak Tajić Okić who founded many chairs at the then newly established faculty in Ankara, and he was a professor for all of us. Today's signed memorandum is a symbolic return to my professor's debt and professor's debt to all today's professors in Turkey – stated Gormez.
Noting that the number of Islamic faculties is increasing in many Islamic countries, but despite this, many problems cannot be solved, he emphasized that such connections aim to achieve new interpretations of science, combining old and new, traditional with modern, rational with scientific, and Eastern with Western.
The signing ceremony was attended by representatives of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and Gorazde muftis Nedžad Grabus and Remzija Pitić, professors from the Faculty, and representatives from the Turkish Embassy.
After the signing ceremony, Mufti Pitić recited a proprietary dua.
