For the past 100 years, after the Uthmani Khilafah was dismantled, the Muslim Ummah and its lands have been on the receiving end of an onslaught of violent exploitation, wars, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, environmental degradation, and an educational system that both underhandedly and forcefully imposed Western culture and languages on the Muslims. This has left the Ummah feeling lost and in a state of confusion.

Education is a fundamental aim of society today. It’s one of the main UN Sustainable Development Goals, its attainment is the aim of almost every individual across the world. Currently, the focus of the education system is linked to statistics- how many students are in school? How far do they get? What’s the ratio of boys to girls in school?

In the time of oppressive rule in the Muslim World, it is a source of hope and inspiration that the bushra (glad tidings) of the Messenger of Allah (saw) indicate that the Khilafah will indeed return. Moreover, the Khilafah which will return will be of specific characteristics. It is going to be like the first Khilafah, established by the great Companions (ra) of the Messenger of Allah (saw), a Khilafah…

Over the last 100 years, the Muslim lands have known nothing but darkness, death, destruction, destitution and despair. Slaughter, persecution, oppression, indignity and suffering has become woven into the fabric of the lives of the people in the region.