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The International Institute of Islamic Thought



The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) is a center of excellence in educational research and Islamic thought whose main interest is on carrying out evidence-based research in advancing education in Muslim Societies and the dissemination of this research through publication and translation, teaching, policy recommendations, and strategic engagements. The Institute was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) non-denominational organization in the United States of America in 1981. The headquarters are in Herndon, Virginia, in the suburbs of Washington DC.




Highlights




ISLA Research Symposium
IIIT is one of the co-sponsors for the Islamic Schools League of America (ISLA) Research Symposium. Please submit your proposals by Oct. 6, 2024. For more information, visit: https://theisla.org/research-symposium





Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
The Fairfax Institute (TFI) proudly presents the Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program, a transformative learning experience aimed at the integration of revealed and acquired knowledge. Over two weeks, undergraduate students will apply the Maqasid Al-Quraniyyah Methodology to deeply engage with the Quran and the Sunnah and extrapolate universal principles that guide their comprehensive understanding of the world. Students will hone their critical and analytical skills to examine human intellectual heritage based on a global-centric Quranic worldview. Read more…





Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
The previous decade witnessed a plethora of books on the subject of maqasid (aims of Shariah), stressing that Islam’s commandments have overarching aims, and that the individual texts of Qur’an and hadith can only be adequality understood within the universal principles of Islam. While the classical work on maqasid is immense, that of Shatibi (d. 1388 C.E.) gained the utmost authority as it theorized for five general aims of Shariah, which can take one of three levels of priority. Since then most of the works on the subject of maqasid have been a variation on Shatibi’s approach. Read more…





Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
THE CONTEMPORARY postnormal world is posing for Muslims ever strange ethical, financial, and medical dilemmas for which modern jurists are expected to provide a suitable theological response. Yet even with an encyclopedic knowledge of Islamic law, the task facing them is daunting. In the real world this level of complexity has led to chaos in fatwa issuance with many scholars voicing concern at the direction to which things are moving and calling for the process to be regulated. Read more…





Call for Blog Posts
The AEMS initiative of IIIT is inviting writers to submit blog posts for the Human Development Matters blog! See the call for details. Read more…





Audiobooks and ePubs are now available on the IIITBooks App for select titles!
Download today on iOS and Android for these new features:

  • Listen to full audio book or download the epub and play audio and read along
  • Audiobook filter and toggle for quick access
  • Increase and decrease font, change font, lighten and darken background of epub
  • Search for words in and click through different chapters in ePub
  • Download complete issues of IIIT’s now open-access journals, AJIS and al-Fikr al-Islāmī al-mu‘āsir (Contemporary Islamic Thought, CIT)
  • Sample content of IIIT’s newest journal, Journal of Education in Muslim Societies (JEMS)
  • Check out our APP demo Video!

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Mapping the Terrain, part of AEMS initiative, is the largest study of Social Emotional Learning skills and values ever conducted in the Muslim world. The 2019-20 data collection reached 18,601 young people and their instructors in 15 countries. Explore the map below to learn more about the countries we conducted this research in and be sure to follow the links to read interviews with our research partners. Click here to explore the map.



NEWS

ISLA Research Symposium
ISLA Research Symposium
Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times


MISSION

 To conduct and disseminate educational research to empower Muslim Societies with data-driven recommendations for transformative education policy and practice



Objectives

Carrying out evidence-based research in advancing education in Muslim societies

Disseminating research through publication and translation, teaching, policy recommendations, and strategic engagements.

Exploring educational issues at the intersection of policy, pedagogy, curricula, governance, and evaluation of impact

Renewal of Islamic Thought as an impetus to advancing education in Muslim societies


Announcements


Call for Manuscript Submission – Advancing Education in Muslim Societies (AEMS)




The Fairfax Institute (TFI) is the educational division of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in North America. It connects IIIT’s networks of scholars and ideas by translating scholarship into practical courses and training programs, with the objective of contributing to individual career development and communal understanding.    



IIIT Publications


Teaching Holistically: A Moral, Spiritual, and Holistic Approach to Educational Development

Teaching Holistically: A Moral, Spiritual, and Holistic Approach to Educational Development

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American Journal of Islam and Society (AJIS) Volume 39: Issue3-4

American Journal of Islam and Society (AJIS) Volume 39: Issue3-4

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IIIT has translated and published more than 400 titles in over 35 languages

IIIT has translated and published more than 400 titles in over 35 languages

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Library


The Taha Jabir Al-Alwani and the Ismail al Faruqi Libraries of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) provide students, faculty, and researchers with a rich resource of over 100,000 volumes focused primarily around Islamic Studies, Comparative Religion, Islamic History, Arabic Language, and Social Studies.