Center Director

Dr. Manal Mustafa

Director of the Center Speech

Peace be upon you, Allah's mercy and blessings 

In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate 

First of all, I greet His Excellency the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Walid Al-Menisi, the virtuous father, and His Excellency the Vice President and Provost of the University, Dr. Omar Al-Maqrami, His Excellency Dr. Abdulraziq Al-Bakri, the venerable Dean of the College of Islamic Studies, Dr. Zainab, the Vice-Provost, members of the administration and faculty members at the Islamic University and all honored attendees 

This is Dr. Manal Mustafa Abdullah, Head of the Department of Islamic Studies in English, Assistant Professor and member of the Department of Da'wah and Islamic Culture at the College of Islamic Studies.

Today, I am honored to be present at this blessed ceremony and among these distinguished scientific figures in the inauguration and opening of the Da'wah Center at the Islamic University, where I had the honor of responding to the request of His Excellency the Vice President and Provost of the University, Dr. Omar Al-Maqrami, to establish the Islamic Da'wah Center in English, for reform and religious guidance for non-Arabs, affiliated to the Islamic University in Minnesota, USA. 

In light of what the Islamic religion is facing from systematic intellectual and cultural wars and attacks, the escalation of atheist campaigns targeting Islamic countries, and the emergence of some preachers who are not specialized or qualified to preach through satellite channels and electronic platforms, the need for the Islamic call to Allah as the religion that Allah has chosen for the world and revealed its teachings by revelation to His faithful Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, and preserved them in the Holy Quran and clarified them in the Prophetic Sunnah. 

It is the general system, the comprehensive constitution for proper behavior, which our Prophet brought to all people.

Today, there is a great need for specialized centers for Da'wah to exonerate the Islamic religion from the falsehoods and lies attributed to it through platforms that call for extremism and heresies.

The idea of establishing the Dawah Center at the Islamic University of Minnesota in the United States emerged on scientific foundations and legal controls from the religious and moral responsibility and the mission adopted by the Islamic University, as an official and academic window that seeks to present the tolerant and moderate image of the Islamic religion and to consolidate the Islamic faith and apply the noble verse "Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation", due to the strife that has befallen Islamic countries and to quickly address this defect, through the establishment of this center, initially relying on the English language in addition to Arabic to achieve beneficial knowledge for Muslims and newcomers to the Islamic religion. 

The Islamic University has thankfully assumed the responsibility of establishing, operating and activating this center, believing in its responsibility to form an authentic Islamic personality and identity to be integrated into campaigns against the hostile campaigns against the Islamic religion to form a second row of preachers who take upon themselves the task of reviving what is prescribed in this great Islamic religion, which was not interrupted by the cessation of revelation, which confirms the becoming of the Islamic call and its universality.

This is what we, the members of the center's management, who are distinguished colleagues and distinguished scientific leaders, who have strived with me to establish this blessed project and strive to achieve the goals of the call to Allah, guidance and reform.

 We ask Allah for success and success for this blessed project 

Thank you very much for this opportunity 

May Allah's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you