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Aligarh Muslim University

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Synonyms

Aligarh Muslim University, AMU; Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind; Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, M.A.O.

Definition

Top rank university with historic Muslim identity in Aligarh, India.

Origin, Identity, and Significance

Created in 1920, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) developed from a boy’s high school, Madrasatul Uloom (1875), and a men’s college (1877). Today, with about 30,000 students, AMU has 88 departments, several affiliated institutions, high schools, and centers. A centrally funded, public institute, VII Schedule of India’s Constitution names it as of national importance. AMU has always enrolled students from all backgrounds but approximately 77% are Muslim. One of the oldest residential universities in India, the main campus in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh covers 1,115 acres. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, widely acknowledged as India’s leading nineteenth-century modernist Muslim thinker, founded the school and college to advance India’s Muslims. Before and after...

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  1. Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, USA

    Clinton Bennett

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  1. Pomona College Religious Studies, Claremont, CA, USA

    Zayn R. Kassam

  2. Rollins College Jewish Studies Program, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

  3. World Zoroastrian Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jehan Bagli

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Bennett, C. (2018). Aligarh Muslim University. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_1901

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