The Islamic Law Literacy Initiative (ILLI) delivers what today's Muslims are yearning for: a clear and practical path to understanding the Islamic legal tradition and applying it to our daily lives and dilemmas. 

Islamic Law

Literacy Initiative

COMING SOON

The ILLI bridges classical understandings with contemporary applications of Islamic law,
ensuring its relevance for today’s diverse Muslim communities.

The ILLI  is a pioneering public education program designed to make the Islamic legal tradition accessible, practical, and relevant for Muslims. Led by Dr. Mariam Sheibani, this initiative equips individuals with the knowledge and skills to understand, apply, and contribute to a healthy and functional engagement with Islamic legal discourse in our personal and community lives.

With engaging courses, resources like essays, workbooks, and videos, and periodic in-person programs in North America, Malaysia, Spain, and Turkey, the ILLI bridges classical understandings with contemporary applications of Islamic law, ensuring its relevance for today’s diverse Muslim communities.

  • The ILLI complements the teaching of fiqh offered through many institutes by exploring Islamic Law's development, boundaries, and applications alongside broader aspects of Islamic legal institutions, customary practices, and their intersections with social, political, and moral domains.

    Beyond complementing the existing fiqh-focused institutes, the ILLI addresses a critical gap in understanding Islamic law. Many in our communities lack foundational knowledge of how Islamic law historically functioned and its practical relevance to daily life, leading to reliance on distorted or overly rigid interpretations.

    This initiative fills this void with tailored learning paths for everyday Muslims, professionals, and aspiring scholars-in-training, offering accessible, practical frameworks for engaging with Islamic law in modern contexts.

    Islamic legal studies, particularly in the area of family law—marriage, divorce, and inheritance—remain underdeveloped, despite its direct impact on daily life. 

    This gap disproportionately affects women, who often face barriers in accessing meaningful and empowering legal knowledge. The ILLI bridges these divides, fostering informed, confident, and inclusive engagement with Islamic law for all.

The Approach

At the heart of the ILLI is a transformative online learning program with three learning journeys.

Learning Journey 1

Everyday Legal Foundations for Muslim Daily Life

This track is designed for individuals who want to deepen their understanding of Islamic law as it relates to their personal practice. It provides students with foundational knowledge to navigate questions about debated practices, legal history, and everyday challenges.

Learning Journey 2

Integrating Islamic Law: Practical Applications for Professionals 

This track is tailored for professional practitioners such as mental health professionals, chaplains, social workers, educators, and other individuals who incorporate Islamic legal knowledge into their professional work. It focuses on practical application, offering tools, case studies, and frameworks to address real-world challenges in serving Muslim clients while remaining rooted in Islamic principles. Participants will gain the skills to bridge theoretical understandings of Islamic law with their professional fields, enhancing their ability to effectively serve their communities.

Learning Journey 3

Advanced Islamic Law for Religious Leaders 

This track prepares aspiring Islamic scholars and religious leaders to understand how Islamic law adapted across diverse societies. Going beyond traditional fiqh, it provides a comprehensive framework for addressing contemporary legal challenges while balancing tradition with modern contexts. The program equips seminary teachers, students, and Imams with tools to meaningfully contribute to Islamic thought and practice today.

Islamic Law Literacy Initative Components


  • Visual Roadmap

    A visual guide through the journey of understanding Islamic law, highlighting core milestones of learning to help illustrate how each level connects and enhances understanding.

  • Islamic Literacy Quiz

    An online quiz that offers personalized assessment of students’ Islamic law literacy, identifying areas of strength and opportunities for growth generating tailored feedback for resources and course levels. 

  • Online Courses

    Self-paced journey tailored for each everyday Muslims, practittioners, and schloars in training.

  • Customizable Templates

    Adaptable, user-friendly tools to help apply Islamic legal principles in various contexts, simplifying complex concepts with practical, structured resources.

  • Immersive Retreats & Community Workshops

    In-person gatherings for deep learning, reflection, and connection to explore real-world applications of Islamic law, and foster beneficial dialogue in a supportive settings.

  • Legal Literacy Toolkits

    A curated collection of resources to support deeper analytical engagement and practical application concerning the principles of Islamic law.

  • Thematic Deep Dives

    A series of videos with accompanying resources that offer in-depth insights into specific themes to connect Islamic law concepts introduced in the course to real-world contexts.

  • User-Friendly Glossary

    The meanings of key terms and concepts that are introduced throughout the course to facilitate clarity and comprehension.

  • Expert Insight Blog Essays

    A series of accessible reflection pieces that provide diverse perspectives, background information and contexts to the Islamic law initiative to facilitate deeper engagement with the material.

  • Practitioner Trainings

    Provide professionals, such as mental health practitioners, legal experts, and community leaders, with practical frameworks and insights to apply Islamic law in their fields.

With accessible content, reflective prompts, and actionable insights, ILLI empowers everyday Muslims, practitioners, and religious leaders to connect with Islamic law as a living tradition, fostering clarity, confidence, and alignment in their religious practice and community service.

Call to Action

Join us on this journey into the richness of Islamic law - a tradition that has sustained societies through centuries of change - and reconnect with its potential to provide clarity and inspire compassion and justice in our lives and communities.

Join our mailing list to be notified when you can begin your tailored journey with Islamic Law.

Interested in being a Patron?

Does making Islamic law accessible and empowering for communities worldwide sound like a
valuable project for you and your community?  

Your support can help develop this transformative project, creating tailored learning programs, practical resources, and inclusive spaces for understanding Islamic law. 

Every contribution helps us expand our reach and impact.