This is a Research Project and a Web Journal spearheaded by Muslim women aimed at understanding and explaining various discourses in the light of Islam.
The name Fihreyaat is inspired by Fatimah al-Fihreyah, founder of world’s first University- The Qarawiyyin in 859 A.D.
The University was first of its kind and signifies the role of Muslim women in the sphere of Knowledge and advanced education as the visionaries and guiding stars that inspired others to setup institutions of higher learning.
Mission
As a philosophy of life emerged in the medieval Europe and violently imposed on other societies through colonialism and imperialism, Liberalism strongly dominates our everyday lives. Today, despite the failure of these ideologies, the liberal stronghold conspicuously impairs liberals to challenge its theories and values. Critiquing liberalism and secularism using liberal epistemology has proven to be a futile exercise and there is a growing acknowledgment among political scientists that any attempt to revive liberalism will not be a solution to the problems caused by this philosophy globally.
At this critical juncture in human civilization, when liberalism has not only failed but resulted in the ongoing oppression of Muslims and non-liberal societies, civil wars, inter-national wars etc., (disregarding other environmental or economic issues) we wish to assert the supremacy of Allah, the Lord of the worlds and the final revelation as the only right solution for the crisis of the liberal world order.
Even at a time of increased oppression against Muslims, our community leaders in particular and Muslim Ummah at large, are facing a dilemma due to the lack of an independent political direction. As researchers we understand it as our responsibility to develop an alternative thought process premised on Quran and Sunnah to facilitate this void.
Through this initiative, we seek to contribute in conceptualizing terminologies and developing discourses to dismantle the existing hegemony of left and right liberal ideologies in defining Muslim liberation.
Our Team
Founding Editors
Huda Mohamed Shareef
Huda is a PhD scholar in the Dept. of Political Science at Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. She obtained her MPhil in West Asian Studies & MA. IR&AS from Jawaharlal Nehru University and BA. (Hons.) Pol. Sc. from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Her emerging interests are Islamic Political thought, Post-liberalism and Quranic exegeses.
Nazreen Hamza
Nazreen is a current student of MA Islamic studies in Ibn Haldun University Istanbul, Turkey. She is a graduate in Shariah from Al Jamia Al Islamiya Kerala. She also obtained a degree Sociology from IGNOU, New Delhi. She focuses her researches and studies in Aqidah.
Editorial Team
Faseeha Thasneem
Faseeha pursues MA. Political Science at Pondicherry University. She obtained a graduate degree from the Department of Shariah at Al Jamia Al Islamiya, Kerala twinning a degree in English Literature from IGNOU, New Delhi.
Jaohara Mahamood
Johara is currently pursuing MA. in Islamic texts from Zaytuna College California, USA. She did a BA in Islamic Shariah from Al Jamia Al Islamia, Kerala. She also has a BA. in Political Science from IGNOU, New Delhi. She focuses in Islamic law and jurisprudence.
