The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) is a registered public charitable trust (No. B-1409, Bom) in Mumbai, India. It was established in Feb. 1991. It promotes Islamic ‘da’wah’ - the proper presentation, understanding and clarification of Islam, as well as removing misconceptions about Islam - amongst less aware Muslims and non-Muslims.
The IRF has the largest collection in the world of more than 400 software packages on Islam and comparative religion on CD-ROMs and diskettes, available for the public (with facilities for using them). The software consists of Qur’an and Hadith studies, Fiqh, Islamic children's games, quiz programmes and research material on Islam and Comparative Religion.