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Originally Posted by anonymous  Assalamualaikum
I am a sister and I wish to study Islamic Studies. I have found a course in SOAS university, it is in London, however in the third year it is compulsory for the student to go to abroad either Damascus or Alexandria, as I am a sister how will I be able to go islamically.
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i have studied a similar course at the university of manchester. arabic and islamic studies. at manchester university, thre are 2 programmes for this course. a 3 year course which doesnt require you to go abroad. and a 4 year course which requires you to go egypt for the 3rd year. the 1st 2 years of both the course is exactly the same.
i think SOAS has a similar programme structure? if you cant go abroad due to mahram issues and you really want to do the course, then id suggest you do a similar course at another university if SOAS doesnt provide.
alhamsulillah Allah swt has provided other avenues for us in seeking knowledge.
by the way the islamic studies they teach you at university isnt all that, i did it for 3 years and lets just say alhamdulillah i obtained my foundations in Islam through studying from Islamic organisations. at university they take an oriental approach and therefore will not teach you from quran and sunnah. they just look at the western approach to studying Islam.
alhamdulillah the arabic side of it was good, but its better to learn arabic through arabic and NOT english. if that makes sense.