Dar Al-Ulum

The Egyptian Dar al-Ulum (founded in 1871) is an educational institution designed to produce students with both an Islamic and modern secondary education. It began as a means to introduce those in mosque colleges to new knowledge emanating from the West. Its graduates include powerful activists like Hasan al-Banna (died 1949), the founder of the Muslim Brothers group and Sayyid Qutb (executed in 1966), the author of “Social Justice in Islam,” and “Milestones.” Dar al-Ulum was incorporated into Cairo University in 1946 and is now referred to as “The Faculty of Dar al-Ulum.” The Faculty is delegated by Cairo University to offer B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Arabic language and literature & Islamic studies.