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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.

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Exploring Bioscience & Islam Seminar Series
We’re excited to announce that the application period is now OPEN for the Exploring Bioscience & Islam Seminar Series! Hosted by the Initiative on Islam & Medicine (II&M) in collaboration with the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), this 3-day FREE intensive seminar is designed for Muslim medical, dental, nursing, and health-allied students. Read more…

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JEMS – Call for papers
The  Journal of Education in Muslim Societies (JEMS)  invites scholars, researchers, and writers to participate in a three-day writing workshop to explore the key role of education in Muslim societies, especially in addressing contemporary humanitarian crises. We welcome contributions from various disciplines within education such as technology, ethics, refugees and displacement, and policy. Read more…

IIIT at AERA 2025 Annual Meeting
We are excited to announce a panel organized by IIIT at the upcoming American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver on Saturday, April 26, at 8 am MDT! Four presenters will discuss Islamic schools from various angles focusing on different regions of the United States. Read more…

The Integration of Knowledge Summer Program 2025
The Fairfax Institute (TFI) presents the Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Summer Program—a transformative four-week experience for graduate students eager to integrate revealed and acquired knowledge. Participants will explore the Maqasid Al-Quraniyyah Methodology, engaging deeply with the Quran and Sunnah to develop a holistic understanding of reality through universal values.
By the program’s conclusion, students will have conducted research on contemporary issues and built a Quranic worldview to guide their understanding of the world. Embark on this journey to integrate knowledge and transform your perspective. Learn more…

Agency, Rationality, and Morality: A Qur’anic View of Man
Agency, Rationality, and Morality: A Qur’anic View of Man Modernity or modernism as a system of thought purporting to be enlightened and universal, has brought with it a crisis of values and a secular perspective that has undermined its own foundations and is provoking a universalized state of existential angst or anomie and moral anarchy. Read more…

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

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)
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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

Exploring Bioscience & Islam Seminar Series

IIIT at AERA 2025 Annual Meeting

JEMS – Call for papers

Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Summer Program 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Blog Posts

Call for Papers for the “Journal of Education in Muslim Societies – JEMS”

Reports | Papers

Mapping the Terrain Report 2019-2020

Advancing Education in Muslim Societies Briefs

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)

Details

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.

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IIIT Publications

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

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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.

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