Shariah Center

The Mindanao State University established the Shari’ah Center through Board of Reagents (BOR) Resolution No. 210, series of 1982, in recognition of the on-going and growing interest and concern for Islamic Law in the Philippines. With the signing into law in 1977 of Presidential Decree No. 1083, otherwise known as the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines, the subsequent opening of the College of Law at the Mindanao State University in 1981 which offers Shari’ah subjects, and the offering of a bachelor’s degree in Shari’ah and a Masters Program in Muslim Personal Laws by the MSU King
Faisal Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.

The Shari’ah Center is conceived to help in intensifying knowledge and understanding of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. The Center is also tasked to assist the College of Law and the King Faisal Center in the research, preparation and development of teaching and reading materials for Shari’ah subjects. In the same manner, the Center is envisioned to serve as a support institution to the Shari’ah Courts in the better understanding and smooth implementation of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws.

From 2000 to 2009, the Shari’ah Center operated under a concurrent leadership structure, with the Dean of the College of Law serving as its head. This arrangement changed in 2010 when a dedicated, newly appointed Director assumed the role. At this point, the Center gained autonomy from the College of Law and began reporting directly to the Office of the President of the Mindanao State University System.

To make the Shari’ah center the leading research institution on all Shari’ah subjects and the customary laws, to make its library the most complete on the subjects of its concern and to make its extension thrust an excellent model of legal outreach program at least in the Philippines if not in the whole Southeast Asia.

To maximally build and develop the capability of the center for the quality research works on all Shari’ah topics and customary laws; optimize the exploration and use of all available resources for the establishment of a library with complete collections on the subjects of Shari’ah; and organize and develop a pool of personnel with understanding and skills in legal outreach programs.

1. To help in intensifying knowledge and understanding of Islamic Law and Jurisprudence.
2. To assist schools in research and in the preparations and development of teaching and reading materials on Shari’ah.
3. To serve as support institution to the Shari’ah courts in the better understanding and implementation of the code of Muslim Personal Laws.
4. To establish a Shari’ah Library with complete collections of Shariah and Local Adat Collections.
5. To undertake research on Islamic Law, local adat and their relations to Philippine Laws.
6. To establish linkages with national and international offices that are dealing with Shariah Law.
7. To come out with a journal and a n information bulletin on Islamic Law.
8. To assist some offices with matters concerning Shari’ah matters.
9. To assist and coordinate with the regular conduct of the Philippine Shariah Bar Review.

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