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A structured online program in the rational sciences of Sunni Islam, centered on Ash'ari creed, logic, usul, hikma, debate, and tasawwuf through the North African Sanusian inheritance.
Level 1 begins Saturday, September 12, 2026
Sanusi Academy
A structured online program in the rational sciences of Sunni Islam, centered on Ash'ari creed, logic, usul, hikma, debate, and tasawwuf through the North African Sanusian inheritance.
Reason in service of certainty
From inherited belief to verified conviction.
Sanusi Academy is for serious learners who need more than scattered content. The program gives students a disciplined path for verifying belief, weighing evidence, reading inherited texts with precision, and engaging modern questions without anxiety.
Kalam as verification
Students learn how belief is known, how evidence is ordered, and why rational judgment matters for worship, prophecy, and salvation.
The Sanusian spine
The curriculum moves through concise Maghribi texts into the central Sanusian creed sequence, beginning in English and advancing toward Arabic commentaries.
Study without polemics
Logic, debate, tasawwuf, and usul keep intellectual work anchored in spiritual accountability, precision, and disciplined disagreement.
North African manuscript of religious devotions, 1481-82. CC0 image via Wikimedia Commons.
Current offering
Level 1: Diploma in 'Aqliyyat
The opening cohort begins with the Diploma in 'Aqliyyat: seven courses across aqida and kalam, logic, tasawwuf, and usul. Later certificate levels are mapped publicly, but only Level 1 is currently offered.
Program path
One academy, three advancing certificates.
01 / Now offered
Diploma in 'Aqliyyat
75 lectures across foundational creed, Sanusian primers, tasawwuf, usul, and logic.
02 / Future level
Certificate in Kalam and 'Aqliyyat
96 lectures introducing later kalam, hikma, adab al-bahth, usul, and bilingual spiritual reasoning.
03 / Future level
Advanced Certificate
176 lectures in advanced commentary, usul, language, and mature verification.
September 12, 2026
Begin with the first level.
Enrollment is focused on the Diploma in 'Aqliyyat cohort. Students enter through the first level before advancing into the later certificates.