Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation hosted a lecture entitled "Islamic Domestic Architecture through the Ages: Climatic and Environmental Design and Visual Aesthetics", delivered by Dr Subhi Al-Azzawi, a practising architect, an independent researcher, writer, and lecturer.

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation organised a roundtable/open dialogue discussion entitled "Islamic Written Heritage: Efforts, Challenges, and Prospects". The event was held in Geneva on the sidelines of the meetings of the Foundation's Board of Directors, and the Advisory Boards of the Foundation's Manuscript Centre and Maqasid Centre.

On Wednesday 16th April 2025, Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation organised a public lecture entitled "ISLAMESQUE: exploring the influence of Islamic culture and craftsmen on European architecture", delivered by Diana Darke, a Middle East cultural historian with special focus on Syria.

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation organised a public lecture entitled "The Many Manuscripts of the Qur'an, their Settings, and their Uses", delivered by Prof. Sheila Blair, who recently retired from the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professorship of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College and the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair in Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.

This Symposium shed light on some of the contributions of these scholars in different fields, with a particular focus on astronomy, maths, physics, optics, engineering, instruments (such as clocks and astrolabes), etc., highlighting the major legacy and texts left by some of the pioneering scholars in this field...

To illuminate the significant scientific exchanges and cultural fusion between East and West and to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Al-Furqān with special projects, events, and publications, we organised a one-day symposium in 2023. This milestone honoured our late Chairman, HE Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (may he rest in peace), and his vision of bridging cultures...

This book is an in-depth study on the birth of the science of philosophy of Islamic law (ʿilm al-maqāṣid) from the time of Imam al-Shātibī to the present day. It addresses and explains, in great detail, three of the discipline’s pillars and rules, namely: the rule of taʿlīl, i.e. causation; the rule of istiṣlāh, i.e. deriving the ruling based on achieving the benefit (maṣlaḥah mursalah) in the absence of a text; and the rule of ma’ālāt, i.e. considering the consequences.

This book is considered one of the most important Arab bibliographic sources. Its author proved extraordinarily adept at elegantly classifying Arab sciences by topic, based on the concept of gradually progressing from the general to the specific. He excelled in identifying and branching disciplines, identifying well over 320.

We're happy to present the book "Ahmed Zaki Yamani: The Heritage of an Ummah in a Man” a tribute to the late Shaykh Ahmed Zaki Yamani. This commemorative volume serves as a heartfelt homage to his extraordinary life and enduring impact. Within its pages lie the profound insights shared during the symposium, "H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani's Life and Ideas" Distinguished academics, revered scholars, and close associates convened alongside friends and family to honour & reflect upon his remarkable legacy.

To highlight each country's Islamic written heritage, we will be celebrating the National Days, by providing an insight into their Islamic manuscript collections.
Namely, on the occasion of the National Day of each particular country, we will publish an interactive summary of the country's surveyed Islamic manuscripts collection, with key facts and figures from the Foundation's published “World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts” (1994) , the only and unique survey to date.