Online Islamic Classes in Europe

Students across the Europe study Quran, Dars e Nizami and the Arabic sciences one-to-one online with Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir, a graduate of Tanzeem ul Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat (Pakistan) with more than ten years teaching these books.

Western Europe’s Muslim communities, Maghrebi in France and Belgium, Turkish in Germany and the Netherlands, Egyptian and Moroccan in Italy, share one condition: a European-born generation fluent in European languages and English, cut off from Urdu- and Arabic-medium scholarship. Central European evenings reach Pakistan’s late evening, suited to adult learners and older students. Classes are taught in English, Urdu, Hindi or Arabic, which removes the usual barrier for students raised locally who follow English far better than Urdu. Every session is live and one-to-one, with the level assessed honestly before starting. Fees are quoted per student rather than published.

Islamic education in the Europe

The pattern repeats across every community here: strong provision for recitation and weekend attendance, much thinner provision for sustained classical study, and almost none of it in English.

One-to-one online teaching addresses the second and third problems at once, without requiring a family to live near a particular institution.

When do classes run for students in the Europe?

Central European evenings reach Pakistan’s late evening, suited to adult learners and older students.

Children are usually taught after school, adults in the evening or early morning depending on work. The schedule is set per student, not offered as fixed slots.

This page lists the workable windows by region.

Why is study in English so hard to find?

Almost all Dars e Nizami teaching worldwide happens in Urdu, because that is the language of the institutions that carry the tradition and of the commentaries built around it. That works perfectly for students raised in Urdu-speaking households.

It works badly for the generation raised in Toronto, Birmingham, Sydney or Chicago. Those students are often fluent in English, functional in conversational Urdu or Punjabi, and unable to follow a technical grammar lesson in either. The curriculum is not too difficult for them; the medium is.

Teaching the same books through English removes that barrier without diluting anything. This page covers this in detail.

Cities and communities served

Students join from across the country. These pages cover communities with the largest Muslim populations, including local context and realistic class times:

What can students study?

The full pathway: Quran from Qaida to Tafseer, the Dars e Nizami curriculum, and the Arabic sciences through Sarf-o-Nahv and Hall-e-Arabi Ibarat.

Children typically begin with Noorani Qaida or Nazra. Adults more often take Tafseer, grammar or logic. Sisters study the same curriculum through the six-year course.

This page is the full list.

One-to-one or group classes?

Both are taught. A one-to-one class belongs entirely to one student, so the pace follows them and every error is corrected at the moment it happens. A small group class puts a few students at a matched level together, which costs less per student and suits siblings or friends studying alongside each other.

The honest trade is attention against company. One-to-one surfaces a weakness within minutes; in a group it can take a few sessions. Some students, particularly younger ones, work harder with peers in the room and would drift in a solo class.

Which suits a given student is decided in the first conversation rather than assumed, and it can change later. Sessions run on whatever video platform the family already uses.

Is this suitable for children?

Yes, and children are a large share of the students. Classes for younger children are kept short and interactive, because attention rather than ability is the limiting factor at that age.

The common failure with children is not slow progress but lost interest, usually caused by classes pitched at the wrong level or scheduled when the child is exhausted. Both are fixable, and one-to-one teaching makes them visible early.

This page deals with the age question directly.

Who teaches these classes?

Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir completed the full Dars e Nizami curriculum under Tanzeem ul Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat (Pakistan), and has taught its books for more than ten years. He also holds an MA in English, an MA in English Linguistics and an MPhil in English.

That second half is the unusual part. Classical training and a linguistics background rarely sit in the same person, and together they make it possible to teach *sarf* (Arabic morphology) or *mantiq* (classical logic) in English, Urdu, Hindi and Arabic, choosing whichever the student actually thinks in.

Classes run one-to-one or in small groups, whichever suits the student.

What do classes cost?

Fees are quoted for each student rather than published as a price list, because the honest figure depends on the course, how many classes a week and the level involved. A child taking two Qaida sessions weekly and an adult reading advanced Arabic texts are not the same commitment.

For general context rather than as a quotation: Across online Islamic academies generally, tuition is priced either per class hour or as a monthly block of two to five classes a week, and one-to-one teaching costs more than group classes because the hour belongs to one student. Local currency, timezone and class length all shift the picture, which is why a real number needs the real details.

Message the student’s age, level and how often you would like to study, and you will get a straight answer for that situation. This page covers the question in more detail.

How do you start?

The first step is a conversation, not a payment. Send a message describing the student, their level and what you want them to reach, and you will get an assessment of where they should actually begin.

A trial class follows if it makes sense. It exists so the student and teacher can meet, so the level can be checked properly rather than assumed, and so the family can judge the teaching style before committing.

If a different course would serve the student better, you will be told that. This page explains what happens in a trial.

What happens between classes

Every session ends by setting specific practice, not a vague instruction to revise. Specific means a named passage, a defined table, or a page to parse.

Adults with demanding jobs often do better than teenagers with more free time, purely because they protect a small daily slot instead of relying on motivation. The habit matters more than the hour it sits in.

Where practice is not happening, that shows up in the next class, and the honest response is to adjust the plan rather than pretend the material was covered.

Adult learners

Adult students arrive with a specific frustration: they can recite the Quran fluently and have no idea what it says. The route out of that is translation and grammar rather than more recitation.

Time is usually their constraint rather than capacity. Two well-protected sessions a week with short daily practice produces real progress within months, and that is a realistic commitment for someone working full time.

Nobody is asked to begin further along than they are, and nobody is made to feel late.

Can sisters study these courses?

Yes. Sisters study the same curriculum one-to-one from home, at whatever pace their week allows, through the six-year course.

The two barriers sisters most often report are travel and mixed classes. Online one-to-one removes both, which is why the format has changed access to classical study more for women than for anyone else.

Scheduling is arranged around household and work commitments rather than fixed institutional hours, and it moves when those commitments move.

Online versus local classes

Local classes have real strengths: community, routine, and a teacher the family can meet. Where a good local option exists in a language the student follows, it deserves serious consideration.

The common problems are group size and medium. A class of twenty means a struggling student can go unnoticed for months, and instruction in Urdu leaves English-thinking children translating before they can learn.

This page works through the comparison honestly, including when local study is the better choice.

How do you know it is working?

Progress is judged by what the student can do unaided, not by attendance or pages covered. For memorisation that means retention under revision; for grammar, parsing an unseen passage; for Tafseer, explaining a verse’s meaning with its reasoning.

Parents get honest reporting, including the uncomfortable version. A teacher who only ever reports good news is not assessing anything, and the family finds out eventually at a worse moment.

Where progress has stalled, the useful response is diagnostic: wrong level, wrong frequency, or practice not happening between classes. All three are fixable once named.

Frequently asked questions

What time do classes run for students here?

Central European evenings reach Pakistan’s late evening, suited to adult learners and older students. Slots are arranged per student rather than fixed.

Can classes be taught entirely in English?

Yes. English, Urdu, Hindi or Arabic. English-medium classical teaching is the reason most students in this country study here.

Do you teach children and adults?

Both, at every level from complete beginner to advanced classical texts.

Is there a trial class?

Yes, after a short conversation to establish the student’s level and goals.

How are fees worked out?

Per student, based on the course, level and number of classes a week. Send the details for a straight answer.

Last reviewed 29 July 2026 by Shaykh Hafiz Muddassir.