The Department of Religious Studies was the first Department to be established in the Islamic University College, Ghana. It has since 2001 been affiliated to the Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana, Legon. The Department focuses on Islamic Studies but also deals with other disciplines such as Comparative Studies in Religion as well as study of other Divine Religions (Judaism and Christianity), Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Daoism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism etc) and African Indigenous Religions. The overall aim of the Department is to give students quality education through knowledge based on true religious principles and values by inculcating in them high sense of morality, honesty, tolerance and trust in the Almighty Allah. In this regard, the Department also serves as a service centre for other departments of IUCG for the study of some specific Religious Courses. As part of its social responsibility, the Department offers services to the Ghanaian community in several ways, one of which is the regular training of Imams (who superintend in mosques in several parts of Accra and its environs) in the Tafsir (interpretation) of the Islamic Scripture, the Qur’an and in the management of mosques. The Department also works in close collaboration with the Religious and Cultural Affairs Office of the IUCG in organizing Da’wah (preaching/counseling) sessions at the Nsawam Medium Security and other Prisons. The aim is to implant Islamic love and compassion on the inmates (Muslim and non-Muslim alike) of the security facilities.

 FACULTY MEMBERS 

Regular

Sheikh Dr. Seebaway ZAKARIA          Senior Lecturer: BA, M.Phil, PhD

Sheikh Abubakar ISSAKA                        Lecturer: Arabic: BA; M.Phil

Mr. Abdul-Aziz SHAMHUNA                 Lecturer: BA, M.Phil

Mr. Abdul Hussein ISHAQ                        Lecturer: BA, M.Phil

Mr. Mustapha Abdullah KUYATEH          Lecturer: BA, M.Phil

Dr. Mustafa Munir UMAR                            Lecturer:   BA, M.Phil, PhD

Part Time

Dr. Hussein Iddris IBRAHIM                  Senior Lecturer:  BA, M.Phil, PhD

Dr. Mohammed Ameen KASIM              Lecturer: BA, M.ED, M-Phil, PhD

Mr. Mohammed MUJIB                           Lecturer: BA, M-Phil, PhD (in progress)

Mr. Kassim MOHAMMED.                      Lecturer: BA, M-Phil

Mr. Hussein KAMAGTEY                         Tutor (Arabic): BA, M.Phil

Mr. Mansur ADAM                                    Tutor (Arabic): BA, M.Phil