Institute of Islamic Sciences · Brussels

A living tradition,
for an enlightened faith.

Since 2019, Al Mihrab — an Islamic institute in Brussels — has been training a generation of European Muslims in the academic rigour of the Islamic sciences. A three-year Master's programme, public lectures and study trips.

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إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ

"Of all His servants, only those who have knowledge truly fear Allah."

Surah Fatir · 35:28

Our pillars

Three doors to the same knowledge.

Academic study, public transmission, spiritual travel. Al Mihrab brings together a complete experience of the Islamic tradition, rooted in the European context.

The Master

A three-year programme in the Islamic sciences: 5 thematic modules and seminars. Fourteen professors, from the Qur'anic sciences to philosophy.

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Agenda & Journal

Open lectures, study trips, articles. Everything happening at the institute, upcoming and past.

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Support Us

Sadaqa jariya, one-off or monthly donations, sponsoring a student. A work whose reward never ends.

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Prof. Mouhameth-Galaye Ndiaye, Director of the Al Mihrab Institute

A word from the Director

An education in the service of living together.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

As Director, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the website of the Al Mihrab Institute.

Founded in 2019, the Institute's main mission is to offer an academic programme of excellence in the Islamic Sciences, adapted to the European context. It is a university-level course, open to all.

Through its teaching, the Institute contributes positively and effectively to living together, to dialogue and to bringing peoples closer, in support of diversity.

Prof. Mouhameth-Galaye Ndiaye Director of the Institute

Professors

Years of study

2019

Year founded

150

University credits

Why choose us

Academic rigour, spiritual grounding.

Academic excellence

A structured, three-year university-level programme. Fourteen professors from leading universities in Europe, the Maghreb and the Gulf.

Adapted to the European context

A reading of the Islamic sciences conceived for Muslims who live, study and work in Europe.

Open to all

Men and women, beginners or advanced. A programme that adapts to different profiles and schedules. On-site and online.

We train students who are rooted in tradition and able to think through their faith in the world that is theirs.

— Prof. Mouhameth-Galaye Ndiaye, Director

On the agenda

What's happening now.

Master in Islamic Sciences 2025–2026

Registration open

Master 2025–2026

The Master in Islamic Sciences is now open for registration. A three-year programme in Brussels.

Umrah October 2026

October 2026

Guided Umrah — October 2026

One hundred guided places with Al Mihrab for a 10-day spiritual Umrah.

Sadaqa Jariya

Support

Why multiply your sadaqa jariya?

Ongoing charity is one of the three deeds whose reward does not cease after death.

A living tradition,for an enlightened faith.