"An organization to promote learning based on Islamic Revelation: the Quran and the Sunna of the Prophet Muhammad and the Ahlul Bait [the Family of the Prophet] in order to promote religious and civic participation in society and interfaith tolerance."

Islam, as one of the major world religions, faces a daunting challenge of making it's message clear and loud.  There is lot of misinformation and Islam, perpetrated by the media, the academia, and ill-educated Muslims.  As Muslims, we have the duty of reaching out to the world and provide the best and the most accurate information about Islam based on the Quran and the life of the Prophet and his exemplary followers.  There is a need to redefine religious, spiritual and moral resources of Islam that is consistent with the ethical spirit of the Quran.  This is the challenge that the Organization for Islamic Learning has taken up in this website.  The website will undertake to educate Muslims and non-Muslims about Islam as it emerges from the verses of the Holy Quran and the exemplary lives of the Prophet, his virtuous family and his pious companions.  Keeping this in mind the website will provide links to the following:

1. “Know your Islam”
2. Contemporary Issues in Islam
3. Social and Political Ethics in Islam
4. Biomedical Issues in Islam
5. Introducing a “Must” Reading
6. Articles on Variety of Topics dealing with Islam
7. “Your Questions Answered (Currently unavailable)
8. “Your Suggestions and Recommendations” (Currently unavailable)
9. Course Syllabi and Outlines for Teachers and Students of Islam (Currently unavailable)
10. “My favorite List of Readings”
11. Multimedia Archives that contain various lectures given by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina on wide range of topics.

It is our hope that you will visit the website as often to read and access materials on Islamic Studies and to benefit from the insights and discussions of a number of scholars and researchers.  We will appreciate receiving your comments, even if you disagree with the website's stance on a particular issue.  We in the Organization believe in responsible freedom of speech, which recognizes the right of others to believe in whatever they wish.  The important aspect of website learning about Islam is that it allows you to think and respond in issues that your read.  We recommend a strategy that recognizes everyone's right to agree or disagree on any issue dealing with the history and thought of Islam.  We support dialogue among responsible individuals who can engage one another and improve their knowledge by undertaking to do more research about this great religion and its great founder and disciples (peace be upon all of them).

© Organization for Islamic Learning October 2007