Islamic studies is an integrated academic discipline that aims at the study of Revealed Sources of knowledge (Quran and Sunnah). It explores Islam as a
religion, history, culture and civilization. It aims at the study of modern developments in the Muslims world vis-à-vis the West, Comparative Religion,
Philosophy, Contemporary Muslim World, Mysticism and, above all, Islamic ethical, legal, social economic and Human Rights theories founded on its universal,
broader and tolerant principles.
The subject also addresses the recent trends and challenges,like Fundamentalism, Islamophobia, orientalism and Gender Justice. It has been a subject taught
in the major universities of the world including Oxford and California Universities. There is a wide scope of the subject at international level keeping in
view the recent geo-political conditions, the Arab Spring, and the growing religious sectarianismin the West-Asia and South-Asia.