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Three-Year Structure
A part-time program designed for working scholars and serious students.
FIKR, Postgraduate Program
Postgraduate Specialization in ʿAqīdah, Kalām, Manṭiq, and Western Philosophy
A three-year part-time program for ʿulamāʾ, ʿālimāt, advanced students, and academics.
A rigorous postgraduate program integrating Sunni ʿaqīdah, classical kalām, manṭiq, Western philosophy, and contemporary theological engagement.
Program Highlights
Six pillars of the program
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Forty-Week Anchor-Text Model
Each year unfolds as a single forty-week arc anchored by primary texts.
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All Three Sunni Schools
Ḥanafī/Māturīdī, Ashʿarī, and classical Ḥanbalī/Atharī study side by side.
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Classical & Modern Logic
Manṭiq from Isāghūjī through the post-classical tradition, and modern analytic logic.
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Western Philosophy
From Plato and Aristotle through Kant to contemporary analytic philosophy.
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Neo-Kalām & Contemporary Engagement
Ṣabrī, Nursi, al-Attas, and modern theological response.
Who It Is For
A program for serious scholars and students of sacred knowledge.
FIKR’s postgraduate specialization is designed for ʿulamāʾ, ʿālimāt, imams, teachers, researchers, academics, graduate students, and advanced students of sacred knowledge who are prepared to read primary Arabic texts and engage classical and contemporary theological discourse with discipline.
- ʿUlamāʾ
- ʿĀlimāt
- Imams
- Teachers
- Researchers
- Academics
- Graduate Students
- Advanced Students
Why This Program
Classical formation for contemporary scholarship.
Contemporary scholars must understand classical creed, advanced kalām, logic, philosophy, and modern doubts. The program trains students to read primary Arabic texts, reconstruct arguments, compare Sunni theological schools, and respond to contemporary intellectual challenges.
PILLAR 1
Sunni ʿAqīdah and Kalām
Foundational texts of the Māturīdī, Ashʿarī, and Atharī traditions, read in their classical Arabic.
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Manṭiq and Argumentation
Logic from Isāghūjī through al-Shamsiyyah, dialectic, munāẓarah, and modern formal logic.
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Western Philosophy & Neo-Kalām
Plato to analytic philosophy paired with the modern Islamic response in neo-kalām.
The Three-Year Map
A single arc from foundation to engagement.
Year I
Foundations
Sunni theological grammar and philosophical literacy. Foundational ʿaqīdah of the three schools, introductory manṭiq, and ancient philosophy.
Year II
Systematic Study
Systematic kalām of each tradition, post-classical logic, and the major problems of modern philosophy.
Year III
High Scholasticism
High kalām, neo-kalām, analytic philosophy, and contemporary theological engagement.