Class sizes will be small, (a maximum of 15 students) with an intensive format. The daily class schedule includes 4-5 hours of lessons every morning, followed by lunch and free time prior to an afternoon lecture. In the evening, students will have adequate time to review their notes and prepare for the following day of classes. All classes are in English.

All over the world we are witnessing a rise in atheism. Recent surveys argue that aside from irrelevance of religion in daily life, one of the main reasons for Muslims to leave Islam is a lack of convincing arguments against Atheism, scientism and different ideologies. For this reason alone, it is of utmost importance for Muslims to reconnect with their own rational tradition that debunks the claims of Atheism.

For Kalām or dialectic theology, we are currently writing a compendium, that will be studied in the programme. The compendium draws heavily on the traditional texts such as al-kharīda al-bahiyyah, sharh ul-'aqāid al-nasafiyyah, al-iqtiṣāḍ fil-i'tiqād and other important mutūn. We will include contemporary western sources when appropriate, for example in discussing nadhariyyat al-ma'rifah (Epistemology). The main goal of this course is to introduce the students to the manhajiyyah (methodology) of Ahl ul-sunnah wal-Jama'ah, as well as its critical and rational way of thinking and approaching the world we live in.

In Mantiq (logic) we will be studying Matn Isāghūjī by al-Imām al-Abhari, with a basic commentary by the teacher. We will also talk about some of the differences between classical logic and modern logic while discussing the importance of studying logic.

In Usūl ul-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) we will study the authoritative commentary of al-Imām al-Maḥalli on the famous primer Al-Waraqāt by al-Imām al-Juwayni. We will also discuss some critical topics related to usūl, such as answering questions like "what is the meaning of dīn?", "what is the shari'ah?" and "what is the reality of a hukm?".

In Maqūlāt (categories of contingent beings), we will study the famous poem of al-Imām al-Sujā'ī with a commentary by the teacher. We will discuss the difference between the metaphysics of Aristotle, the worldview held by most modern natural scientists and how the Islamic worldview of ahl ul-sunnah wal-jamā'ah fits in between the two.

These lectures are planned to be held in independent sessions in the summer and the winter.

• The adab of discourse and debate (Adab ul-bahth wal-munathara)
• An overview of the Islamic Sciences
• An overview of history of philosophy
• Contemporary metaphysics problems
• Epistemology
• What is Truth?
• Theodicy – the problem of evil
• Free will and determinism
• Perennialism and the oneness of religion
• Philosophy of science
• A critical view on the theory of evolution
• Democracy, liberalism and secularism
• Islamic political philosophy