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*[http://abdurrahman.org/scholars/YasirQadhi.html http://abdurrahman.org/scholars/YasirQadhi.html] Online compedium of Articles, Books and Audio by Yasir Qadhi
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*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5289081445493804871&q=yasir Video of Yasir Qadhi's talk "Perfect Justice"]
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Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
City of Birth Houston, Texas
Occupation Islamic Lecturer
University Degrees BSc (Chemical Engineering) Univ of Houston; BA (Hadeeth) Univ of Madinah; M.A (Islamic Theology) Univ of Madinah; M.Phil. (Religious Studies) Yale University.
Yasir Qadhi
File:Yasir Qadhi.jpg
In India while filming for Peace TV in 2007

Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi is a prolific lecturer and Islamic teacher who has written several books about Islam. He is a popular speaker in many Muslim circles in the United States, Canada, England and Australia. His lectures at different locations can be found on Youtube. He is one of the few people who has combined Islamic seminary (from Islamic University of Madinah) training with Western education (from Yale University).

Biography

Qadhi was born in Houston, Texas, to Pakistani parents, in 1975, went to high school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston. After working for Dow Chemical for a short stint, he decided to pursue an education in Islamic studies, and left for the Islamic University of Madinah. There, he completed a second bachelor's degree, specializing in hadith studies, and then went on to complete an M.A. in Theology. As of September 2008, he is completing his doctorate in Islamic studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Current activities

He is an instructor in the AlMaghrib Institute and the AlKauthar Institute. He appears on a number of Islamic satellite channels (Islam Channel in England; Al-Huda Channel in Saudi Arabia; Al-Fajr Channel in Egypt; and Peace TV in India , U.K and U.S), where he teaches theology, Seerah, Tajweed, and other topics. He gives regular sermons and lectures. In March 2007, he began blogging at MuslimMatters.org, where he is the group-blog's lead specialist.

Works

  • Du’a : The Weapon of the Believer
  • An Explanation of the Four Principles of Shirk
  • An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur’an
  • A Critical Study of Shirk
  • Riyaa: Hidden Shirk
  • 15 Ways to Increase Your Earnings from the Qur’an and Sunnah

In the News

  • Houston Chronicle profiles Yasir Qadhi-- A Changing World: Islamic scholar, a Houston native, brings cultural insight to lectures on his religion[1]
  • Houston Chronicle highlights Yasir Qadhi's speech on Animal Rights at Texas Dawah (story is not available on Chronicle any more but has been duplicated on the reference site)[2]
  • Christian Science Monitor writer Mona ElTahawy discusses her experiences with Yasir Kazi (also Qadhi) on [3]
  • Washington Post interviews Yasir Qadhi for their article on Conservative Muslims [4]

Controversy

Recently Yasir Qadhi signed a pledge[5] which involves uniting with all sorts of muslims, which has been condemned by some of the big scholars of Saudi Arabia and it resulted in the orthodox scholars of Saudi Arabia and many other scholars warning against him.[6].[7]


See also

References