Lote Tree Foundation

27/05/2026

🌙 ʿĪd Mubārak 💚

May Allāh accept our duʿās, qurbānī, and all acts of worship, place barakah in our homes, and grant ease to those facing hardship.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful and blessed ʿĪd 🤲💚

25/05/2026

🕋 Blessed Day of ‘Arafah

The Day of ‘Arafah is regarded as one of the most virtuous and spiritually significant days in the Islamic calendar - a day distinguished by divine mercy, forgiveness, sincere supplication, and closeness to Allāh ﷻ.

Allah ﷻ says: “And remember Allah during the appointed days.” (Qur’an 2:203)

The Prophet ﷺ said: “There is no day on which Allah sets free more slaves from Hell than on the Day of ‘Arafah.” (Muslim)

He ﷺ also stated: “The best du‘ā is the du‘ā of the Day of ‘Arafah, and the best of what I and the Prophets before me have said is: ‘There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner.’” (Muwatta Imam Malik)

Abu Qatādah (raḍiyAllāhu ‘anhu) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Fasting the Day of ‘Arafah expiates the sins of the previous year and the coming year.” (Muslim)

Even for those who are not performing Hajj, this day carries immense blessings and tremendous reward. The Day of ‘Arafah opens the door to forgiveness, supplication, and spiritual renewal. It is a day on which hearts soften, sins are erased, and souls are elevated through the remembrance of Allah.

⤵️ To maximise the blessings of this day:

📿 Fast the Day of ‘Arafah if you are not performing Hajj
📿 Recite the Takbīr after every farḍ prayer beginning from Fajr of the 9th
📿 Dedicate time to repentance and seeking Allah’s forgiveness
📿 Frequently engage in dhikr
📿 Make du‘ā for your family, the Ummah, and your future
📿 Give generously in charity
📿 Make intention of seeking sacred knowledge

💚 Let us enter the days of ‘Īd with hearts purified, tongues engaged in the glorification of Allah, and souls filled with hope and tranquillity.

🤲 May Allah ﷻ accept from us, forgive us, and allow us to witness these sacred days with faith, joy, and nearness to Him.

21/05/2026

🔥 Join our new and exciting upcoming course with Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik ⤵️

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴…

📖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱

Free Online Course | 7 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik

📆 Start 23 June 2026
(Tuesdays)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:30 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:30 | New York
*19:00 - 20:30 | London*
22:00 - 23:30 | Dubai
23:30 - 01:00 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:30 | Singapore

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/proofs-for-the-existence-of-god

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
This course introduces students to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s proofs for God’s existence as presented in The Landmarks of the Foundational Principles of Religion (Maʿālim Uṣūl al-Dīn). The course focuses on the four major arguments al-Rāzī presents in this work: the contingency argument, the kalām cosmological argument, the specification argument, and the design argument. Through these proofs, students will explore not only al-Rāzī’s theological reasoning, but also the wider metaphysical assumptions, causal theories, cosmological models, and scientific ideas of his time that shape his approach to proving God’s existence.

Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik is Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh. Holding PhDs in Chemical Engineering and Theology, his work bridges science, philosophy, and Islamic theology.

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21/05/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴…

📖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱

Free Online Course | 7 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik

📆 Start 23 June 2026
(Tuesdays)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:30 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:30 | New York
*19:00 - 20:30 | London*
22:00 - 23:30 | Dubai
23:30 - 01:00 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:30 | Singapore

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/proofs-for-the-existence-of-god

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
This course introduces students to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s proofs for God’s existence as presented in The Landmarks of the Foundational Principles of Religion (Maʿālim Uṣūl al-Dīn). The course focuses on the four major arguments al-Rāzī presents in this work: the contingency argument, the kalām cosmological argument, the specification argument, and the design argument. Through these proofs, students will explore not only al-Rāzī’s theological reasoning, but also the wider metaphysical assumptions, causal theories, cosmological models, and scientific ideas of his time that shape his approach to proving God’s existence.

Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik is Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh. Holding PhDs in Chemical Engineering and Theology, his work bridges science, philosophy, and Islamic theology.

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23/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

🔥 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝟵𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟴𝗔𝗛)

Free Online Course | 8 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Abu Ayyub (Istanbul)

📆 Starts 23rd April 2026
(Thursdays)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:00 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:00 | New York
*19:00 - 20:00 | London*
22:00 - 23:00 | Dubai
23:30 - 00:30 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:00 | Singapore

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/module-3-empires-in-transition-from-the-timurids-to-the-mughals

▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼:
https://youtu.be/3BDqSApBCnE

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
This inspiring course, takes students on a captivating journey through the Islamic world between 1500 and 1700 CE, an era marked by fragmentation, renewal, and the rise of powerful empires. Spanning regions from Central Asia to West Africa, Anatolia to India, students will explore shifting political landscapes, cultural vitality, and global encounters that reshaped the Muslim world.

Each lesson uncovers a key chapter in this transformation: the fractured order after the Mongol invasions, the rise of the Timurids and their cultural legacy, the growth of West African powers and scholarship in Timbuktu, the fall of al-Andalus, the emergence of the Ottomans and the conquest of Constantinople, the impact of Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean, and the establishment of the Mughal Empire in India. The course concludes with a synthesis of this age of imperial transition and its lasting consequences.

Ustadh Abu Ayyub is an expert historian, author and educator, and consultant on Islamic history based in Istanbul.

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🔥 FREE Online Course | 8 Lessons📖 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝟵𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟴𝗔?...

22/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

🔥 𝗔𝗹-𝗙𝗶𝗾𝗵 𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗿 (𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆)
by Imām Abū Ḥanīfah

Free Online Course

📆 Starts 22 April 2026

12 Lessons | Wednesdays (Weekly)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:00 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:00 | New York
19:00 - 20:00 | London
22:00 - 23:00 | Dubai
23:30 - 00:30 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:00 | Singapore

👤 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿:
Ustadh Karim Gabor Kocsenda

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/al-fiqh-al-akbar-foundations-of-islamic-theology

▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼:
https://youtu.be/piEguuB9O8U

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
This course invites students into a rigorous and engaging study of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, the seminal theological text attributed to Imām Abū Ḥanīfah (d. 150 AH), a towering authority in Sunni Islam. As one of the earliest systematic works on Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah), the text offers a powerful and concise articulation of orthodox belief, guiding students through the essential doctrines of faith, divine unity, the attributes of Allāh, predestination, prophethood, and the unseen realities of the hereafter.

The course situates the text within the broader tradition of Islamic theology while addressing contemporary questions of belief and identity. Students will develop the ability to think theologically with clarity, coherence, and confidence.

Ustadh Dr Karim, blending traditional Islamic pedagogy and Western academia, holds ijāzāt in Arabic and Ḥanafī jurisprudence, and asānīd from Dr. Muḥammad Muṭīʿ al-Ḥāfiẓ. His expertise spans across many sciences including Islamic theology and philosophy. A skilled educator and mentor based, he fosters critical thinking, personal growth, and cultural fluency. He lives with his family in the Middle East.

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16/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

🚀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄?

📚 Join our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 this term - taught by expert scholars, covering everything from spirituality and history to philosophy and ḥadīth sciences.

💚 Enrol today and join thousands in being part of thriving global learning community!

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📖 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

📆 21 April 2026 | 8 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Dr Jamie B. Turner

🔗 https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/classical-islamic-perspectives-for-religion-and-science

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📖 𝗔𝗹-𝗙𝗶𝗾𝗵 𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗿
𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗜𝗺ā𝗺 𝗔𝗯ū Ḥ𝗮𝗻ī𝗳𝗮𝗵)

📆 22 April 2026 | 12 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Dr Karim Kocsenda

🔗 https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/al-fiqh-al-akbar-foundations-of-islamic-theology

▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼
https://youtu.be/piEguuB9O8U

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📖 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝟵𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟴𝗔𝗛)

📆 23 April 2026 | 8 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Abu Ayyub

🔗 https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/module-3-empires-in-transition-from-the-timurids-to-the-mughals

▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼
https://youtu.be/3BDqSApBCnE

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📖 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝘀ī𝗿 𝗠𝘂ṣṭ𝗮𝗹𝗮ḥ 𝗮𝗹-Ḥ𝗮𝗱ī𝘁𝗵

📆 Ongoing | 30 Lessons

👤 Shaykh Ali Laraki

🔗 https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/taysir-mustalah-al-hadith

▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼
https://youtu.be/GWi-3Dc5-qw

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📚 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟱+ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀:

🔗 https://lote.org.uk/college

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09/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

🔥 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Free Online Course | 8 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Dr Jamie B. Turner

📆 Start 21 April 2026
(Tuesdays)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:30 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:30 | New York
*19:00 - 20:30 | London*
22:00 - 23:30 | Dubai
23:30 - 01:00 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:30 | Singapore

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/classical-islamic-perspectives-for-religion-and-science

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
Spanning the rich traditions of kalām, falsafa, and Sufism, this course offers students a comprehensive exploration of classical Islamic theology and philosophy, engaging the Māturīdī, Ashʿarī, and Ḥanbalī/Atharī schools on enduring questions of faith, reason, and the nature of reality.

Beginning with the foundational frameworks of Islamic thought, students will examine key theological and philosophical traditions, exploring how scholars articulated concepts of God, causality, knowledge, and the natural world. The course then guides participants through the distinctive contributions of major thinkers, highlighting their approaches to divine action, human agency, and the structure of existence.

Dr Jamie B. Turner was awarded a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham. His doctoral work and research publications have focused on issues in philosophy of religion, explored from the perspective of ideas and concepts within the Islamic tradition. Dr Jamie’s broader interests are in the philosophy of religion, religious epistemology, and Islamic theology.

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06/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

🔥 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝟵𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟴𝗔𝗛)

Free Online Course | 8 Lessons

👤 Ustadh Abu Ayyub (Istanbul)

📆 Starts 23rd April 2026
(Thursdays)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:00 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:00 | New York
*19:00 - 20:00 | London*
22:00 - 23:00 | Dubai
23:30 - 00:30 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:00 | Singapore

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/module-3-empires-in-transition-from-the-timurids-to-the-mughals

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:
This inspiring course, takes students on a captivating journey through the Islamic world between 1500 and 1700 CE, an era marked by fragmentation, renewal, and the rise of powerful empires. Spanning regions from Central Asia to West Africa, Anatolia to India, students will explore shifting political landscapes, cultural vitality, and global encounters that reshaped the Muslim world.

Each lesson uncovers a key chapter in this transformation: the fractured order after the Mongol invasions, the rise of the Timurids and their cultural legacy, the growth of West African powers and scholarship in Timbuktu, the fall of al-Andalus, the emergence of the Ottomans and the conquest of Constantinople, the impact of Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean, and the establishment of the Mughal Empire in India. The course concludes with a synthesis of this age of imperial transition and its lasting consequences.

Ustadh Abu Ayyub is an expert historian, author and educator, and consultant on Islamic history based in Istanbul.

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03/04/2026

🌳 Lote Tree College 🌳

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

🔥 𝗔𝗹-𝗙𝗶𝗾𝗵 𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗿 (𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆)
by Imām Abū Ḥanīfah

Free Online Course

📆 Starts 22 April 2026

12 Lessons | Wednesdays (Weekly)

🌎 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀:
12:00 - 13:00 | Calgary
14:00 - 15:00 | New York
19:00 - 20:00 | London
22:00 - 23:00 | Dubai
23:30 - 00:30 | Mumbai
02:00 - 03:00 | Singapore

👤 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿:
Ustadh Karim Gabor Kocsenda

✍️ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄:
https://lotetree.thinkific.com/courses/al-fiqh-al-akbar-foundations-of-islamic-theology

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This course invites students into a rigorous and engaging study of Al-Fiqh al-Akbar, the seminal theological text attributed to Imām Abū Ḥanīfah (d. 150 AH), a towering authority in Sunni Islam. As one of the earliest systematic works on Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah), the text offers a powerful and concise articulation of orthodox belief, guiding students through the essential doctrines of faith, divine unity, the attributes of Allāh, predestination, prophethood, and the unseen realities of the hereafter.

The course situates the text within the broader tradition of Islamic theology while addressing contemporary questions of belief and identity. Students will develop the ability to think theologically with clarity, coherence, and confidence.

Ustadh Dr Karim, blending traditional Islamic pedagogy and Western academia, holds ijāzāt in Arabic and Ḥanafī jurisprudence, and asānīd from Dr. Muḥammad Muṭīʿ al-Ḥāfiẓ. His expertise spans across many sciences including Islamic theology and philosophy. A skilled educator and mentor based, he fosters critical thinking, personal growth, and cultural fluency. He lives with his family in the Middle East.

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