IRST Institute of Religious & Social Thoughts

As numerous reports have brought out, Muslim women are probably the least educated segment of Indian society. Among the many reasons for this sorry...

The significance of the summer intensive in Nepal lies in its objectives and its design that duly correspond to the prime motives of the Madrasa Discourses...

Inter-faith dialogue has become an urgent necessity today. In this regard, what role can or should madrasas play? Can they indeed play any role...

Imams of mosques can play a very central role in promoting social reforms among Muslims, but, sadly, this is a task that has not been given the attention...

Historically, there have been few efforts among Muslims to address and reform the ways in which the different Muslim sects, particularly Shias and Sunnis

I’m originally from Bihar, which is where I was born and brought up. I studied at the Dar ul-Uloom at Deoband, which is one of India’s largest and most well-known madrasas.

Muslim history has generally been written in the form of a series of battles and a succession of rulers and military generals

We need to considerably revise our ways of looking at the theological ‘other’, and of notions such as hijrat and jihad, because today the world has been radically transformed.

A week-long engagement from 5 to 11 April, 2017 of students of the online research-oriented program “Advancing scientific and theological literacy in madrasa discourses”

Imams of mosques can play a very central role in promoting social reforms among Muslims, but, sadly, this is a task that has not been given the attention...