Sometimes a scientific institution acts beyond the classrooms, and a religious center beyond the walls of the seminaries; sometimes science, contrary to expectations, becomes a factor for change in cultures and societies.
The Qom Seminary is not only an educational and research center, but also an intellectual movement that has continued in the context of history and today moves in the context of the contemporary world.
This seminary has its roots in an educational system that created a network of schools and scientific centers from the first centuries of Islamic civilization. From Baghdad and Nishapur to Najaf and Qom, seminaries have been able to transform Islamic knowledge in the form of ijtihad, philosophy, jurisprudence, theology and principles into one of the most fundamental pillars of Islamic civilization. In recent centuries, Qom has presented a new face of this ancient heritage. This seminary has not only trained scholars and jurists, but has also become an active player on the global stage by creating a bridge between Islamic thought and the new necessities of human societies.
The role of Qom Seminary in spreading Islamic sciences and training international scholars: Qom is not just a religious city, but a global center of Islamic knowledge.
Al-Mustafa International University, one of the most important institutions affiliated with the Qom Seminary, has trained more than 50,000 scholars from 122 countries, and these graduates are now ambassadors of Islamic thought in their communities. Many of these scholars, after returning to their respected countries, have promoted Islamic knowledge as university professors, religious missionaries, and religious thinkers, and have implemented the school’s intellectual system in a wider geographical area.
Qom Seminary has played a key role not only in jurisprudence and principles, but also in Islamic philosophy, Islamic law, Quranic interpretation, and comparative studies. In recent decades, research conducted in Qom has become one of the main sources of Islamic knowledge worldwide through international translation and publication.
Qom Seminary has always been on the path of revising and evolving Islamic sciences. The ijtihad system in this field, as one of the tools of dynamic Shiite thought, has been able to strengthen scientific and interfaith interaction.
