Opinions of the Teaching Staff at Taibah University about Islamic Education Teacher Preparation Programs in the Light of the Requirements of Intellectual Security

The current study aims to explore the realm of preparing Islamic education teachers in the light of the intellectual security requirements from the point of view of teaching staff at Taibah University. The researcher used the descriptive approach and designed a questionnaire to review the opinions that consisted of two main topics. The first topic is the intellectual security requirements for the academic preparation program (the Specialist Academic Aspect -- the Cultural Aspect -- the Educational Aspect "Professional") to encounter radicalism and terrorism. The second topic is the proposed concept to encounter the obstacles to fulfill intellectual security requirements in the preparation colleges programs. Each main topic is subdivided into a set of clauses (42 clauses) for the two topics. The study sample consists of (83) teaching staff members at the preparation colleges. The study has been applied to the study sample during the first semester of the academic year 1439-1440 A.H. The study findings show the following: (1) The first topic achieved (78.55%) of the opinions of the study sample members about the preparation program of the Islamic Education teachers in the light of the intellectual security requirements for encountering radicalism and terrorism; (2) The second topic achieved (93%) of the opinions of the study sample members about the proposed concept to overcome the obstacles to meet intellectual security requirements in the preparation programs; (3) There are no differences of the statistical significance level (50. = [infinity]) among the study sample members toward the questionnaire according to the faculty type for the first topic and the tool in general; and (4) There are no differences of the statistical significance level (50. = [infinity]) among the study sample members toward the questionnaire according to the faculty type for the second topic and the tool in general.