MINA: Indian academic Kamaluddin Al-Hamidi recalled his university days in Saudi Arabia five decades ago while performing Hajj this year under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit. Al-Hamidi, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Islamic University of Madinah, said his time in the Kingdom shaped his scholarly path and enabled him to co-found a university, expand Qur’anic schools and build mosques in India.