Malawi Muslims planning to establish university

Muslims in Malawi are planning to establish a first-ever Islamic University to promote modern education among the country’s Muslims, who make up 20 percent of the 12 million population, APA learnt here Tuesday.

Confirming to APA during an interview, Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the Muslim University, Sheikh Aman Matiya, said all the necessary arrangements for the establishment of the university are at an advanced stage

\"We are planning to start the foundation work of the infrastructure early next year and we hope that the school shall be finished in December and open for the selection and University entrance in 2010.

He said the school shall accommodate both local and international Muslim and non-Muslim students since it would be the first Muslim University in Southern Africa.

He added that the Muslim University would seek to provide Islamic education to anyone interested it and welcomes students with an interest in Islam from among the largely non-Muslim community of Malawi.

Currently, Malawi has three universities run by religious groups: The US group-run African Bible College, the Livingstonia University owned by Church of Central Africa Presbyterian and the Catholic University.