The objective of this virtual camp is to focus on reading selected texts from the Risale-i Nur collection and have short discussions on the fundamental topics in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere by experts who are grounded in their education heavily on Nursi’s tafseer collection the Risale-i Nur/ Epistles of Light.
This structured Islamic learning for students ages 13+, helping them connect faith with contemporary questions, develop ethical judgment, and grow through discussion, inquiry, reflection, and active participation.
Explore the Islamic view of the self through qalb, nafs, rūḥ, and ʿaql, with reflections on identity, emotions, purpose, and spiritual growth.
An experiential journey that helps students explore the Qur’an’s guidance and the Prophetic model as a holistic framework for understanding faith, purpose, and daily life.
We're happy to launch a fully online Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program that offers 4 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education.
This program invites Muslim youth and curious learners to explore the Qur’an with fresh questions, clear guidance, and a deeper sense of meaning in today’s world.
Knowing that learning Qur’an is vital and it is an endless process, we are committed to preparing students to perform Islamic practices in the best way possible.
This one-on-one Qur’an program is tailored in Kurdish to all ages and levels, offering a personalized learning experience through three study tracks: Elif-Ba lessons, foundational recitation, and memorization.
This section includes programs that will open for registration soon and programs whose enrollment period has ended.
This program is a joyful two-week journey that helps children build a love for the Qur’an through reading, tajweed, memorization, and character education in a nurturing, age-appropriate setting.
A faith-based program guiding singles, engaged couples, and newlyweds to build purposeful, resilient marriages through Islamic values and practical tools.
This introductory course that helps young Muslim girls build a clear, confident understanding of essential Islamic beliefs and practices.
A 14-week experiential journey that helps students explore the Qur’an’s guidance and the Prophetic model as a holistic framework for understanding faith, purpose, and daily life.
This twelve-week seminar explores Fethullah Gülen's vision of an ideal generation through readings, lectures, and discussions on faith, knowledge, critical thinking, and the harmony of heart and mind.
This course offers an immersive exploration of Islamic creed, guiding students to understand tawḥīd, integrate reason with revelation, and move beyond mere imitation
It's time to enroll in the 18-Week CPE unit, taught by Associate Professor Salih Yucel, starting on November 23, 2024.
Unlock the world of coding! Join our pioneering program for 12–16-year-olds to learn Python and Web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) while embracing cultural and moral values.
This program is specially designed in Kurdish for children and youth aged 4–18, offering not only Qur’an reading but also engaging activities and opportunities for community-based learning.
You are invited to join a course that explores cultural pluralism and Islamic perspectives on fostering empathy and combating discrimination.
You are invited to join a program aimed at raising awareness among the diaspora living away from Muslim-majority regions about Islamic technology and science.
Join us for the Soulful Sisters Summer Camp, designed to empower high school girls with the tools to navigate life confidently as Muslim individuals.
We are excited to announce the opening of Tajweed Classes for boys and girls (5 and up), each limited to six students per class.
This program is a humble effort to introduce Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s life and writings to the English speaking world through a series of certificate courses.
We present The Young Seekers as a compass to the perplexed minds.
Students will be provided with basics in Islamic Knowledge while learning what’s needed for a deeper understanding of Islamic Knowledge and Sciences.
What Islam is All About. This is not an ilmihal class. For youth and adult.
This program will focus on a close textual reading of selected sections of the Muwatta in Arabic.
This program has been designed for those who want to gain deep knowledge in Islamic Studies. There are no prerequisites.
This course aims to lay the foundational knowledge for the Qur’anic Arabic and is specifically designed to provide the elementary comprehension skills for the Qur’an.
The purpose of this course is to equip a person to accompany the dying and their family through any setting with skill and confidence.
A three-week seminar series for aspiring leaders to learn from scholars and real-life leaders, empowering them to tackle challenges and seize opportunities in both spiritual and secular realms.
The primary objective of this course is to develop a fresh understanding of the idea of the spirit.
It is a special program series that will take place on YouTube during the first 10 nights of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
This course consists of weekly seminars focused on the developing learners who are, or aim to be, involved in caring for others on a spiritual basis.
This project aims to provide spiritual and psychological counseling support especially to those affected by the Kahramanmaras -based earthquake in February 2023.
This course is open to everyone who is interested in emotional and spiritual care – with a focus on disaster, humanitarian crisis, displaced refugee groups. Our pool of instructors have research, education, and/or on-the-ground experience with caring for people in crisis.
The primary objective of this course is to make the students familiar with Sufi characters. Furthermore, this course also aims to develop an understanding that morality and spirituality are essential ingredients for not only one’s personal moral self-cultivation but also for the betterment of our social structures.
In this colloquium we will discuss the relevance of the historical and modern context for a better understanding of the Epistles of Light of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.
The primary objective of this course is to make the students familiar to Sufi epistemology. Could awakening the inner senses generate or initiate a transcendental spiritual experience in addition to sense experience?
It is a special program series that will take place on YouTube during the first 10 nights of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
The English Language Program at RGS is an ESL program for students who wish improve their English speaking and writing abilities.
The primary objective of this course is to develop a fresh understanding of the idea of the spirit.
This program will focus on a close textual reading of selected sections of the Muwatta in Arabic.
This program has been designed for those who want to gain deep knowledge in Islamic Studies. There are no prerequisites.
This course aims to lay the foundational knowledge for the Qur’anic Arabic and is specifically designed to provide the elementary comprehension skills for the Qur’an.
Registration is now open!
The purpose of this course is to equip a person to accompany the dying and their family through any setting with skill and confidence.
June 20, 2021
Time: 4 PM (New York – EST) Houston – 3 PM California – 1 PM England – 21.00 Germany, France, Egypt – 22.00 Sydney: 06.00 (Next day)
Speaker: Kerim Balcı
June 6, 2021
In this program we’ll focus on Qur’an and exegesis, new kalām movement, ihya’ (revival) and tajdīd (renewal) attempts in early Muslim modernism. A special focus is on Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. The existing literature indicates Nursi’s multi-disciplinary approach in his collection. Nursi has a Qur’an-based methodology and combined the essence of what the Islamic disciplines included in a different form. This book emphasizes that Nursi’s revival of Islam and his renewal (tajdid) are based on Islamic systematic theology (kalām), and Nursi seeks to formulate an Islamic metaphysics and theology primarily based on the Qur’an by using multiple fields. Moreover, Nursi’s collection is a kind of spiritual exegesis (maʿnawī tafsīr), a commentary on the Qur’an’s meanings. In addition, while the main books of the collection can also be considered as a kind of thematic exegesis, he primarily developed the theory of the word-order (naẓm) in his one-volume commentary on the Qur’an.
Speaker: Dr. Hakan Coruh
May 9, 2021
Prophethood is the backbone of the Islamic tradition and is the uncompromised tenet of faith; with the impact of modernity however many Muslim scholars were shaken by the ambivalent status afforded to both the prophet and the institution of prophethood in the contemporary period. Said Nursi’s discussion of nubuwwa prophethood was critical in the context and time that he wrote it. His discourse retains and is corresponding to much of the classical theology but also addresses the modern contentions of Prophethood. Nursi entails that prophets in the Islamic tradition provide an alternative historical, philosophical and theological account of the story of the human being and serve as archetypal models of moral and ethical excellence for Muslims around the world.
Speaker: Dr. Mahsheed Ansari
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