‘Credo’ is a Latin term which means "I believe". It is the first word of many creedal statements and has come to epitomise the sometimes paradoxical narrative of forming cohesion between faith and reason, namely giving primacy to faith over reason.

Although religious faith and belief may enjoy intellectual assistance (be it philosophical or otherwise) in specific instances that prove to be amenable to its fundamental doctrines, it can also express its deeply-rooted convictions without being compelled to offer such types of conventional evidence. It should bear this right of intellectual unconventionality without being stigmatised as anti-intellectual. In fact, the types of evidence religion does offer, which is not considered conventional by the criteria of contemporary philosophy, cannot be trivialised as unintelligible. Religion need not obligate its follower to substantiate matters of faith and belief by conformist methods. However, being able to sustain an accurate balance between variations of substantiation (without entirely intellectualising religious belief) and upholding such convictions in the absence of any corroboration, is where the difficulties lie.

This is where CREDO steps in. CREDO anticipates investing serious amounts of endeavour in addressing such religious dilemmas. It envisions overcoming conformist attitudes and mindsets predominantly generated by social and intellectual paradigms that are responsible for the religious decline. CREDO is primarily dedicated to enriching and preserving the Islamic faith by shifting social and intellectual paradigms.

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