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Viewing cable 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN16, NEW ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY TO EMPHASIZE MODERATE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN16 2007-01-17 03:40 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan
VZCZCXRO9442
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHBD #0016/01 0170340
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 170340Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3680
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 000016 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MTS AND ECA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM PTER BX
SUBJECT: NEW ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY TO EMPHASIZE MODERATE 
DOCTRINES 
 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1.  The Sultan of Brunei has announced establishment of an Islamic 
university which will educate Muslim students from across Southeast 
Asia in mainstream Islamic doctrine.  Brunei's government will fund 
scholarships for nine prospective Filipino Islamic clerics in the 
new university's first entering class in August, as part of a 
bilateral agreement with the Philippines.  Administrators of the new 
university are interested in partnering with Islamic studies 
departments at U.S. universities; we will assist their efforts, as 
the expansion of religious education based on a moderate form of 
Islam can help blunt the spread of Muslim extremism in Southeast 
Asia.  End Summary. 
 
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NEW ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED 
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2.  Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah announced in his annual new year's 
address the establishment of a new Islamic university in Brunei. 
The new institution will be named Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali 
(UISSA), after the Arab missionary from Taif who claimed to be a 
direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed and became Brunei's third 
Sultan in 1425 after marrying the then-ruler's daughter.  The 
university's first intake of students is planned for August 2007. 
 
3.  Deputy Minister of Education Dato Haji Mohammed subsequently 
indicated that UISSA will initially absorb the faculty and students 
of the existing Islamic Education Institute at the University of 
Brunei Darussalam (UBD).  UISSA will occupy buildings on the UBD 
campus for approximately three years until its own nearby 
purpose-built campus is completed.  Dato Mohammed (himself a 
graduate of Cairo's Al-Azhar University) told the media that the 
government aimed for UISSA to become an internationally recognized 
progressive Islamic university producing religious scholars and 
academicians through undergraduate and post-graduate programs based 
on the Shafie school of Islamic jurisprudence. 
 
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MODERATE ISLAMIC DOCTRINES TO BE EMPHASIZED 
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4.  Ambassador discussed plans for UISSA with UBD Vice Chancellor 
Dato Dr. Haji Ismael and Acting Dean of Islamic Studies Dr. Haji 
Mohamad, who sits on the steering committee for establishment of 
UISSA, during a January 10 meeting at UBD.  They explained that 
UISSA was intended to become a world-class center of religious 
learning that stressed a moderate form of Islam and the integration 
of Islamic studies with other disciplines.  It would begin 
operations with faculties of Islamic law, theology, and Arabic 
language studies, but was expected to offer courses in other areas 
as well.  To avoid Islamic studies from becoming too insular, 
courses would be taught in English as well as Arabic and Malay, and 
UISSA and UBD students would be encouraged to take courses at both 
institutions.  A UISSA student interested in Islamic finance, for 
example, could take courses at UBD's existing Faculty of Business 
and Economics. 
 
5.  Dato Dr. Ismael and Dr. Mohmamed said this approach was meant to 
emphasize Islam's compatibility and integration with the broader 
world, and stand in contrast to the views of strict Islamic 
rejectionists.  The government currently directed Bruneian students 
of Islam either to Al-Azhar or the International Islamic University 
in Malaysia.  While Bruneians would continue to attend these 
institutions, the foundation of UISSA would ensure that additional 
demand for world-class academic study of Islam could be met 
domestically and Bruneians would not need to look at other 
international centers where they might be exposed to less mainstream 
schools of Islamic thought.  (Comment -- Read:  Wahhabism.  End 
Comment.) 
 
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PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES 
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6.  The Vice Chancellor and Acting Dean expected the majority of 
UISSA students to come initially from the Government of Brunei's 
Arabic-language religious secondary schools.  They hoped, however, 
eventually to attract a large contingent of students from other 
Southeast Asdian countries.  Plans had already been laid for a group 
of nine aspiring imams from the Philippines to be included in 
UISSA's first entering class.  They would attend on GOB-funded 
scholarships under the terms of a bilateral agreement reached with 
the Government of the Philippines.  Dato Dr. Ismael said that 
President Arroyo was quite interested in this program and had 
discussed it with Sultan Hassanal, who had personally approved the 
scholarships.  Both leaders reportedly wanted to see more Filipino 
 
BANDAR SER 00000016  002 OF 002 
 
 
Muslims be given the opportunity for a mainstream Islamic education 
in Brunei in the future. 
 
7.  As part of efforts to internationalize UISSA and have it 
incorporate world-wide best practices in Islamic studies, the 
university officials told Ambassador they would be interested in 
more information about Islamic studies in the U.S. and possibly 
establishing student and faculty exchanges with American 
universities.  (Dr. Mohamad studied in the U.S. and has contacts in 
Islamic studies programs at Temple and Cornell.)  In particular, 
they wondered if there were opportunities for UISSA staff to spend 
professional internships with the administrations of American 
universities, in order to learn more about their management and 
educational approaches; they also asked about USG-sponsored exchange 
or scholarship programs.  In reply, Ambassador provided a broad 
briefing on the Fulbright, International Visitor, and Voluntary 
Visitor programs, and offered to have the Embassy Education Advisor 
get in touch with more details. 
 
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COMMENT 
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8.  The expansion of religious education in Southeast Asia based on 
mainstream, moderate Islam is in the USG's interest, as it can help 
blunt the spread of radical doctrines which are often used to 
legitimize terrorism.  The Sultan's initiative to establish UISSA is 
thus a welcome development, particular the intent to offer education 
for prospective Muslim clerics from the Philippines and other 
Southeast Asian nations.  The Embassy will do what it can to help 
UISSA expand its ties with U.S. Islamic Studies programs, in 
conjunction with ECA and other Washington agencies.  End Comment. 
 
 
 
SKODON