She has gained popularity as a feminist scholar both in Pakistan and abroad, as evidenced by crowds of up to ten thousand that attend her religious lessons, called dars : the number of women who got a diploma or certificate are estimated to be around 15 000 while those who followed her courses without formally enrolling are even more numerous. This institute offers courses on exegesis of the Quran and Hadith and attracts students from a number of foreign countries such as Australia. In 2004, the foundation established the Al-Huda Institute in Mississauga (Toronto area), Ontario, Canada. The foundation now runs a network of schools, seminaries and social welfare projects. The foundation started a number of schools to teach the Quran and Hadith to women in order to "help women become better observant muslims by helping them understand the Quran".
Hashmi founded Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation in 1994. She holds a PhD degree in Islamic studies from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and was formerly a lecturer and assistant professor at the Faculty of Usul-al-Din at International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Farhat Naseem Hashmi ( Urdu: فرحت ہاشمی born December 22, 1957) is a Pakistani Canadian ultraconservative Islamic scholar, Muslim television preacher, and the founder of Al-Huda Institute.
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