In Honour Of Isma’il Raji’ al-Faruqi (1921 – 1986)

Welcome to Ismail Faruqi Online, your portal to the life and legacy of Dr. Isma’il Raji al-Faruqi (1921-1986), a renowned Palestinian-American philosopher celebrated for his insights into Islam and comparative religion. Discover his remarkable journey and contributions. Read more.

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  • Prof. John Voll delivers annual Isma’il Faruqi lecture

    “Isma’il Faruqi is a good case of the modern intellectual who is a believer and provides a good example for thinking about what it means to be a ‘believing intellectual’ in the modern era,” said Georgetown University’s history professor John Voll who presented the Annual Isma’il Faruqi Lecture at IIIT on August 26 to an…

  • Back online

    Ismail Faruqi Online is back online again after being down for two days due to a technical issue with the server. We have contacted our hosting provider and they have resolved the issue. If you have difficulties accessing the site for the past few days, we apologize for the inconvenience caused. There will be new…

  • New features added

    We have made some changes and added new features to Ismail Faruqi Online in order to enhance reader experience when visiting this website. This includes a Related Articles list in every article page and the Bookmark function for readers to add their favourite articles to social bookmarking websites. We hope that you will enjoy these…

  • Dr. Isma’il al-Faruqi’s approach to “Islamization of Knowledge”

    Dr. Isma’il al-Faruqi attempted to articulate an Islamic worldview by fortifying it with rational and scientific arguments. In the latter part of his career, he became more and more concerned with the spiritual aspects of Islam. He advocated a radical Islamization of new knowledge. He recognized that the crisis of the modern world was the…

  • News item on Faruqi’s murder

    Scouring the World Wide Web, we came across this news article from 1986 archives reporting the murder of Dr. Faruqi and his wife on the day it happened. Truly, it was a sad day when this unfortunate incident happened. May Dr. Faruqi and his wife be received into His Jannah for their service to Islam,…

  • Ismail Faruqi Award ceremony

    The Ismail Faruqi Award Ceremony was a bi-annual award given to International Islamic University of Malaysia scholars who produced outstanding and exemplary academic work, and was named after Dr. Ismail Raji al-Faruqi. At the time of this writing we are unsure whether this Award has been discontinued or still ongoing.

  • Paying tribute to the Faruqis

    The brutal murders of Prof. Ismail al-Faruqi and his wife Prof. Lois Lamja’ al-Faruqi on May 1986 in Philadelphia have left a void in the world of Islamic learning and human relationships. As martyrs (shuhada’), Allah has glorified their status — a goal that every Muslim seeks and only a few attain. The Faruqis have…

  • The Communicator: The Dialogue at Its Best

    During his years at McGill, Dr. Ismail al-Faruqi’s talent as a disputant was recognized by his peers. His ability to pursue the opponent’s argument to its logical conclusion was augmented by his mastery of the rhetoric. The way he conducted himself during his encounters with people of other faiths can be seen in the following…

  • Welcome to Ismail Faruqi Online

    Who is Ismail Faruqi? Dr. Ismail Raji al-Faruqi (January 1, 1921 – May 27, 1986) is a renowned Palestinian-American philosopher who is widely recognized by his peers as an authority on Islam and comparative religion. He spent several years at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, taught at several universities in North America, including McGill University in…