Vice Chancellor AIOU Islamabad

The Project to Abstract and Index Academic Journals & Conference Proceedings of Islamic Studies and Arabic with official name of “Islamic Research Index” (IRI) was initiated as a join venture of AIOU and HEC in 2014. IRI is one of the unique indices entertaining quality Islamic Research Journals (in Urdu & Arabic) for the purpose of indexing & abstracting. The work done by the Team is beneficial for not only the students and scholars of Islamic Studies in Pakistan but all over the world. I congratulate its founding Editor Prof. Dr. Mohyuddin Hashmi and his Team for achieving this significant task in the field of Islamic Research and hope that it will have far reaching impact in the future.

Prof. Dr. Zia-ul-Qayyum

Message of The Founding Editor

Project Director Islamic Research Index

Islamic Research Index (IRI) aims at serving as an indispensable tool for researchers, libraries and students of Islamic Studies and Arabic. This index provides an effective tool to search what has been published in the field of Islamic Studies & Arabic along with online access to the published material at its official website “iri.aiou.edu.pk”. It contains thousands of research articles, reviews and records which cover all the main areas regarding Muslim history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages, literatures, the contemporary issues and their proposed solutions. All the Research Articles in IRI are recorded, classified, and indexed separately.

Prof. Dr. Muhyyuddin Hashimi