Islamic Fiqh Academy, India


Islamic Fiqh Academy, India is a Fiqh institute in New Delhi, established in 1988. It was registered as a charitable trust in 1990. Maulana Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi was its founder and secretary general until his death. The academy is a registered NGO working as a research-oriented organization since then.

Services

It has issued statements on aspects of Islamic religious observance such as medical treatment during the Ramadan fast, and on sex education, mixed-sex education and organ donation. It has issued a number of published works, including an Urdu translation of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence. The Academy has been described as "the most recent and, in many ways, the most sophisticated articulation so far of claims to institutionalized Islamic authority in India".

Membership

The membership includes a large number of young graduates from madrasas including Darul Uloom Deoband, Nadwatul Ulama and Firangi Mahal in Lucknow. The academy coordinates with other academic and Fiqh institutions in the Middle East and in countries and areas with a significant Muslim minority population, such as the USA and Europe.