Nafees in medicine, the impact Jaber bin Hayyan had on chemistry, and Al-Khawarizmi's pivotal role in algebra. Similarly, the study of sociology benefited immensely from the genius of Ibn Khaldoon. For all of that, the university, whose inauguration we celebrate today, did not emerge from nowhere. It is a contribution of what distinguished our civilization in its golden age. This is, first of all, what the university stands for. --More