The Fairfax Institute (TFI) offers short continuing and lifelong learning courses that enhance the understanding and appreciation of Islamic culture, traditions and laws. The Fairfax Institute is the instructional division of International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).
If already registered, and only when directed by TFI Academic Affairs Officer, click on "Go to your course" to access the login page. Must have a user ID password and a course enrollment key, issued by the admissions office. All the onsite courses are held at the Fairfax Instiute premises located at 500 Grove Street, Herndon, VA 20170. For a special on-line course on Professor Ismail Faruqi, see navigation bar on the left.
Non-Profit Management Certificate Program consists of:
- NPM-01 - Strategic Planning:
This course will focus on understanding the nature and purpose of strategic planning, as well as on learning the step-by-step process of developing a strategic plan, using examples and worksheets.
- NPM-02 - Leadership Essentials in Theory and Practice
- NPM-03 - Working together: Communication and teamwork
- NPM-04 - Managing Human Resources
Registration is open
Certificate in
Islamic Wealth Management
Instructors:
Dr. Jamal Barzinji
and
Dr. Yacub Mirza
Islamic Wealth Management Certificate Program consists of:
- IWM-01 - Saving and Islamic Investing:
This course will introduce Islamic legal objectives of financial contracts, forbidden transactions in Islamic commercial law, and characterstics and uses of selected Islamic products such as Murabahah, Ijarah, Salam, and Istisnah contracts. It will also touch on key considerations in developing Islamic products such as Islamic credit cards and promissory currency contracts. Also discussed will be Islamic risk management, key liquidity risks for Islamic banks and their treatment, and the basics of Islamic securities.
- IWM-02 - Islamic Finance and Banking
- IWM-03 - Inheritance and Wills
- IWM-04 - Faith-Based Entrepreneurship
Registration is open
Certificate in Islamic Education Basics
Instructor:
Dr. Hakim Rashid
This certificate consists of four courses on selected topics. Certificate in Islamic Education Basics
-IEB1: Islamic Principles of Teaching:
This course will help develop an understanding of teaching and learning in the Islamic tradition, and explore how to benefit from traditional processes of communicating between the teacher and the taught. The course will expound on the role of the teacher and teaching techniques within the context of contemporary culture and Qur’anic and Prophetic views of learning.
This course is for students who are beginners or with very little background in Arabic, It teaches students to read words, phrases and sentences from the first lesson. The focus is on comprehension. It helps students build their vocabulary, which will help them understand the Qur'an and Hadith as early as possible.
Fee: $ 200 (Tuition waiver is not applicable towards this course)
Registration is open
Certificate in
Qur'anic Arabic
Instructor:
Mohamed Mekky
Modern Standard Arabic Certificate Program
This course is designed to develop the learner's ability to understand and use the Arabic language, rather than merely understand its system and its inner working.
