ISRA
ISLAMICJERUSALEM
RESEARCH
ACADEMY
ISLAMICERUSALEM RESEARCH ACADEMY
LEADING AN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION
TO END THE INTELLECTUAL NAKBA
SINCE KNOWLEDGE DRIVES CHANGE
ABOUT US
The First Wakf/ Foundation dedicated to the Academic excellence on Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamicjerusalem Studies. Launched from Istanbul for Bayt Al-Maqdis. The Waqf was established in 2015 to progress the field of Islamicjerusalem Studies in the Muslim World after its establishment in United Kingdom and Malaysia.
The inception of the idea of the field was from the Mihrab of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in 1990. The establishment and institutionalisation of the field was initially in the UK starting from 1994. The Academy was established to advance Muslim education and research into Islamicjerusalem Studies.
Activities
As a result of the lack of academic research and material on the subject, the Academy has focused most of its work to become an international platform for studies in this field.
International Academic Conference
An annual international conference aiming to provide a forum for scholars working on the subject.
Academic Refereed Journal
JIJS is the first and the only refereed scholarly journal that is dedicated to the academic study of Islamicjerusalem. The Journal publishes articles, documents and book reviews.
Educational Programs
Islamicjerusalem Studies has been developed at the Master and PhD levels, in addition to systematic short courses and an online Diploma (via distance learning).

Upcoming Events
The 22nd International Academic Conference on Islamicjerusalem Studies will be organised in October 2022.
21-22 October
Future of Islamicjerusalem: Academic Studies
9:30pm – 6:30pm, Ankara, FREE
Serious scholarly studies that examines Bayt al-Maqdis’s history, holiness, culture and religious codes, geographical and strategic positions, independent of colonial approaches, have become a necessity in order to protect both global peace and academic credibility. Theoretical and conceptual mobilisation experienced simultaneously with the deepening expansion of the occupation in Bayt al-Maqdis levies a responsibility on scholars who have not lost their ability to critically question and remain free from epistemological slavery.
TEAM
Executive Committee
We believe that Knowledge Drives Change and we work to driving change…

Gazi Yildiz
DIRECTOR

Reyhan Önal
DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Dr.Khalid El-Awaisi
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

Dr. Ziya Polat
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

Emine Nur Yaşar
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Board of Trustees

Prof. Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Prof. Ibarhim Ozcosar
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Prof. Enver Arpa
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Şükrü Yıldırım
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Veysel Kafalı
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Achievements
We are still on the first steps on the road to making change on the road to Islamicjerusalem.
- REFEREED ACADEMIC JOURNAL ON ISLAMICJERUSALEM STUDIES (32 issues) 32%
- ISLAMICJERUSALEM STUDIES DIPLOMA (10 Batches) 70%
- MASTER AND PHD THESIS (over 60) 60%
- INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE ON ISLAMICJERUSALEM (21 conferences) 90%
- COURSES AND WORKSHOPS (more than 40) 45%
- AMBASSADORS 50%
- ESTABLISHING RESEARCH CENTRES (a total of 6 centres) 60%
- NEVER GET TIRED OF WORKING 100%