Interview

Dr Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi: Why are you choosing Gontor? Director of British Council: I love Gontor. And you a have wide range of very intelligent students More videos:

Dr Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi, a renown Indonesian Muslim Scholars and the Vice Rector I at University of Darussalam Gontor was interviewed by Yusuf Ur-Rehman, student of King's College London. The interview covers: 00:44 On being the son of one of the founding fathers of Gontor; key fundamental lesson from the father. 03:36 The secret behind the success of Gontor in developing unique, and visionary education system in Indonesia 07:02 University that inspired Gontor 09:52 How exposure to different cultures affect a Muslim 14:50 Preserving Muslim Identity in Western world 18:26 The failure of secularism 22:30 Post-modernity, relativism and pluralism 26:20 Gender equality and feminism Dr Hamid: "I don't have any privilege of being the son of the founder because this institution has been given to Ummah" "The first thing that we have to preserve is the knowledge of being Muslim" "The person who believe in God should act according to Islamic injunction" "In Islam we (men and women) have the same