Hamza Yusuf – Reclaiming Our Faith: Negotiating Modern Theological Fault Lines

Hamza YusufJune 26, 20130 comments

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Hadith Fiqh & Islamic Law Neighbors & Community Ethics Parenting & Family Muslim Identity in the West Classical Scholarship Contemporary Muslim Issues Extremism & Radicalization

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In this wide-ranging lecture, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf addresses several major theological and social issues facing Muslims today, covering topics voted on by the public through the Zaytuna website. Drawing on classical Islamic scholarship, comparative religion, and contemporary geopolitics, he explores the Islamic ethic of neighborliness, the root causes of extremism, the crisis in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), and the challenges of raising Muslim children in a digital age. The lecture is a compelling call for intellectual honesty, grounded traditionalism, and compassionate engagement with the modern world.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is one of the most influential Islamic scholars in the Western world. Born Mark Hanson in Washington State in 1958, he embraced Islam in 1977 and spent over a decade studying the traditional Islamic sciences in the UAE, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, most notably under the Mauritanian sage Murabit al-Hajj. He is the co-founder and president of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California — the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States — and has translated numerous classical texts, including "The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi" and "Purification of the Heart." His lectures on spirituality, classical scholarship, and the crisis of modernity have shaped a generation of Western Muslims.

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