International Open University - IOU - Malaysia

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International Open University - IOU - Malaysia An affordable institution of higher learning founded by Dr. Bilal Philips that offers accredited degrees, certificates, and diploma courses.

The Islamic Online University (IOU) is the brainchild of Dr. Bilal Philips. He envisioned an institution that would offer online intensive, undergraduate, and graduate courses in Islamic Studies completely tuition-free. Dr. Bilal Philips, Founder and Dean, Islamic Online University

The IOU was launched in 2007 from Qatar with an offering of completely free diploma courses. Alhamdulillah, although we began with 1,500 students in 2007, by the end of 2008, the number of registered students tripled, reaching 4,500. And now, as 2010 draws to a close, Allah has blessed the IOU with a student body of over 30,000 students from over 177 different countries. In 2010 the IOU launched the world’s first tuition-free, online Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies. This path-breaking initiative utilizes the worldwide presence of the Internet and advanced open source online learning technology to bring low-cost, university level Islamic education within reach of anyone on the planet who has access to a computer and the Internet. Thus the IOU Now has two separate virtual campuses: the degree campus and the diploma campus. Each campus is hosted on its own dedicated server.

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07/10/2026

"No calamity strikes except by Allah's permission. And whoever believes in Allah, He guides his heart" (At-Taghabun 64:11).

The promise in this verse is for the heart. Whoever believes nothing reaches him outside Allah's decree is given guidance and calm in the middle of the hardship itself.

06/10/2026

Allah is the Light that guides every heart and brightens every path.

05/10/2026

Ad-Duhaa (93):3. The Prophet ﷺ fell ill and missed his night prayer for two or three nights. A woman came and told him his devil had left him. Allah answered her with this. (Sahih al-Bukhari 4950.) The taunt lasted a few nights. The answer has been recited ever since.

01/10/2026

People reach for threads, charms, and amulets. The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught refuge in the words of Allah, never in objects.

A string around the wrist protects nothing. The Lord of the daybreak, called on directly, is the only shelter that holds.

01/10/2026

—Surah Ali 'Imran (3:73)

01/10/2026

There was a year it could make you defensive in a second. Now you answered it plainly and moved on, because somewhere along the way you stopped needing them to approve of the reason. The question did not change. You did.

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