Doha: QatarDebate Center, a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development, has announced the launch of the Master's program in the art of debate in comparative jurisprudence in partnership with the Tunisian University of Ez-Zitouna.
In a statement, QatarDebate Center stated that the first batch of students of the master program has embarked upon its first lectures in the venue of the Higher Institute of Islamic Civilization in Kairouan within the framework of the qualitative partnership agreement between QatarDebate Center and the University of Ez-Zitouna.
The aim is to re-employ the debate science rooted in the Islamic heritage in the educational process and the study of Islamic sciences, as the master's program offers integration between the art of debate and the tools involved in critical thinking and interaction with issues of comparative jurisprudence in contemporary societies, the statement added.
The first batch comprises 20 male and female students, ranging from international students to local students from Tunisia, as the center has been committed to selecting the international students after they have been subjected to high competition because the selection process has undergone many phases and ended with personal interviews.
It added that there are excellent students from those who hold a bachelor's degree in Islamic sciences and some specialists in the legal and legal fields that are included in this batch, as well as graduate degree holders, which creates a distinct learning environment that offers the opportunity to share expertise and enrich student experiences.
The statement indicated that the program duration will be two academic years, comprising four semesters, and that it is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Republic of Tunisia.
The programme allows students to study the fields of comparative jurisprudence, debate, reasoning, criticism, philosophy, and logic in the first three semesters.
Commenting on the program, the Executive Director of the Qatar Debate Center, Dr. Hayat Abdullah Marafi, affirmed that debating an authentic science in the Arab and Islamic heritage will undoubtedly open doors for students and researchers in Islamic studies to revive the authentic art through excellent cooperation with the University of Ez-Zitouna, and restore it to its place among the rest of the Islamic sciences to deal with contemporary jurisprudence issues, as the methodology used in the debate is very similar to the methodology of dealing with issues of comparative jurisprudence.
Dr. Muhammad Al Habib Al Alani, Director of the Higher Institute of Islamic Sciences in Kairouan, expressed his hope that this promising program would facilitate students to delve deeper into this delicate specialization, and that the graduates would continue in the field of comparative jurisprudence and contemporary issues in the fields of research and doctorate, as well as academic work.
