Alfurqan Institute

About


The criterion.

Alfurqān is the criterion: what helps a person tell truth from confusion. That idea is the whole brief.

Why we exist


Closing a gap that everyone can feel

Muslims in Australia, and especially the next generation, are looking for authentic knowledge in a way that fits a real week.

What's on offer is mostly fragmented lectures or informal weekend circles. None of it adds up to a pathway. You can watch a hundred hours of good content and still not be able to say what you know.

Alfurqan gives Melbourne a structured, credible route through Islamic studies, Arabic and the essentials of the faith, taught by qualified teachers in a place built for it. We are not trying to be the biggest. We are trying to be the one people recommend.

From uncertainty to confidence. From scattered to structured. From isolation to community.

What we stand for


Five values

01

Knowledge · ʿIlm

Learning is worship. We hold the highest standard on authenticity, sourcing and teaching quality, and we say where something comes from.

02

Brotherhood & sisterhood

No student learns alone. Every program is built around belonging, mentorship and staying in touch after the term ends.

03

Excellence

Considered presentation and systems that work, because the subject deserves better than a photocopied handout.

04

Authenticity

Rooted in sound teaching and credible teachers. We don't trade depth for reach.

05

Compassion

Warm, patient, human. Nobody gets talked down to here, whatever they walk in knowing.

Teachers


Who teaches

Our teachers and their qualifications.

Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad

PhD researcher and Master's graduate at the Islamic University of Madinah.

Sheikh Zouhayr Benhim

Master's graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah.

Ustadha Tya Umm Abdillah

Bachelor's in Islamic Studies and a Master's in Classical Arabic, with twenty years of teaching experience. She teaches the sisters' classes.

Structure


How we're set up

Alfurqan Association Inc. · ABN 64 940 233 117

We are an incorporated association and a not-for-profit organisation.

Payments to us are not tax deductible: we do not hold deductible gift recipient endorsement, so if you pay us, you cannot claim it.

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