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The Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research is an independent American research institute and think tank founded in 2016, mainly interested in the advanced study of modernity, Islam and Muslim societies. It works to aggregate complex Islamic topics for audiences outside of the field of Islamic academia. The institute had a revenue of nearly $9 million in 2023 and has $5 million in assets; it spends nearly $1 million per year publishing academic and peer-reviewed research papers.

Yaqeen Institute was founded by American Muslim scholar Omar Suleiman and is based in Irving, Texas. In the past, its published works have covered a variety of topics at the intersection of Islam, including perennialism, international politics, parenting, and historical preservation of Islamic texts. It works to "pioneer Islamic research in cutting-edge, creative formats."

In 2021, Yaqeen Institute launched Yaqeen Curriculum, a researched, trademarked curriculum project for North American Islamic schools. The institute's "scholars, senior fellows staff come from a diverse range of positions within Islamic orthodoxy."

Work

Yaqeen Institute publishes three primary categories of content: research articles, infographics, and videos. Investing considerable resources into its video development, the institute has more than 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube and has received more than 270 million views. Yaqeen also has a two-volume research journal and has published ten books.

The institute's videos, webinars, and livestreams include khutbahs, interviews, Ramadan video series, exegetical analyses of the Quran, and brief explanations. The videos regularly include guest academics and scholars. In the past, Yaqeen Institute has worked on various projects alongside the Stanford University School of Medicine, NYU, the Harvard University Divinity School, and other higher education institutions.

An prominent element of the organization's work includes 'combatting the Islamophobia network'. Yaqeen Institute has held in-person events across the United States and Canada since its inception, including its flagship annual event, the Yaqeen/MAS Academic Conference, held annual in Chicago in coordination with the Muslim American Society. In 2019, the institute's president, Omar Suleiman, delivered an invocation in the U.S. House of Representatives as a guest chaplain.

After the Gaza Genocide began, the institute published an array of resources covering Islam, Palestine, and international politics from a 'Qur'anic lens'. It has also published pieces on Uyghurs and other groups in the past. In early 2024, the institute's Canada branch launched IMIRT, an app aimed at accelerating the reporting of Islamophobic incidents in the country. Yaqeen Institute also awards multiple $2,000 Malcolm X Vanguards of Justice scholarships annually.

See also

Omar Suleiman - American Islamic scholar and civil rights activist, Yaqeen Institute President

References

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• Non-profit organizations based in Texas
• Islamic organizations based in the United States
• Research institutes in the United States