Indian Institute of Islamic Studies

The Indian Institute of Islamic Studies is an Islamic studies institute, in New Delhi.[1] Established in 1963, by prominent Muslim leaders including Hakeem Abdul Hameed, who later founded the Jamia Hamdard university,[2] the Institute entrusted to preserve the Islamic tradition and culture in India. In addition to this institute also promoting studies and research in Islam as well as comparative studies.[3] It is the repository of many collections on Islam, mostly written in Persian and Arabic languages, and also publishes a quarterly journal, Studies in Islam [4]

The institute was also instrumental in the funding of Delhi-based, India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) in 1984.[5]

References
  1. "Indian Institute of Islamic Studies (New Delhi, India)". University of Chicago. 6 February 2009.
  2. "About Jamia Hamdard". Jamia Hamdard. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011.
  3. "The Hatreds of India". New York Times. 11 December 1992. p. 4.
  4. "Studies in Islam : quarterly journal of the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies". National Library of Australia.
  5. "About IICC". IICC.


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