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    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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    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…

    Islamic Legal Methodology: A New Perspective On Uşŭl Al-Fiqh
    We are delighted to announce the publication of ‘Islamic Legal Methodology: A New Perspective On Uşŭl Al-Fiqh’ authored by Ahmad Kazemi-Moussavi and Hamid Mavani. This book discusses the historical development of legal methodology in interpreting Shariah and analyzes proposed reforms by modern Muslim scholars. 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.

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    Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
    Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
    Integration of Knowledge (IOK) Winter Program 2025
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    Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
    Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
    Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah: A Civilizational Perspective
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    Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
    Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
    Collective Ijtihad: Regulating Fatwa in Postnormal Times
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    استكتاب عدد خاص من مجلة “الفكر الإسلامي المعاصر”بعنوان “ماهية الإنسان في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي”
    استكتاب عدد خاص من مجلة “الفكر الإسلامي المعاصر”بعنوان “ماهية الإنسان في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي”
    استكتاب عدد خاص من مجلة
    “الفكر الإسلامي المعاصر”بعنوان
    “ماهية الإنسان في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي”
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    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

    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.