Islamic Research & Educational Foundation is an Indian non-profit organisation established in 1998. The organisation is based in Hyderabad.
IREF is striving to spread the true message of Islam, established by Br. Imran who is notable and internationally acclaimed speaker on comparative religion. IREF conducts yearly kid's camp where the children are taught basic fundamentals of Islam, who to perform Salah, to be obedient to parents.
In 2005, The Times of India reported the organisation had attracted controversy by suggesting women could not contest elections unless they wore a hijab. Sister Amtul Mateen, a women's activist at the organisation also suggested it would be "better for woman to only lead the women". Sister Mateen stated women could "woman can be the boss of her husband at home as well as in business" as long as they do not work in a sector forbidden by Islam, do not mix freely with the opposite sex or and wear a hijab."
The organisation has undertaken programmes and lectures seeking to draw a distinction between jihad and terrorism.