Candidates must have passed "Muqadimmat" from recognized Islamic institutes.
At present, he is the founder and patron of numerous Islamic institutes throughout the world and spiritual guide to thousands of Muslims all over the world.
He has written on a variety of religious, legal, social and historical topics and many of his books are prescribed textbooks in Islamic institutes around the world.
The Academy is an online Islamic institute and has taught nearly 4000 students since its inception.
He had spent two years studying at the Islamic institute, and four years teaching children.
He founded the first Islamic institute in Batna in May 1963, followed by the creation of similar institutions in several cities across the country, reaching 10,000 students.
It runs the Islamic institute in Kiev and publishes a Russian language daily Minaret.
MINAB now has over six hundred mosques and Islamic institutes as its members.
The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, also opened an Islamic institute in Almaty to train mullahs.
It seemed more like an Islamic institute on wheels.