Islamic Research Academy Karachi

The Islamic Research Academy, Karachi was established on 4 March 1963 following a meeting in Lahore presided over by Syed Abul A‘la Maududi and attended by leading scholars and figures of Jamaat-e-Islami. It was founded with the objective of developing serious Islamic scholarship, producing literature in major languages, preparing educational material from an Islamic perspective, and responding intellectually to the challenges posed by modern thought and Western civilisation.