Hamza Yusuf - The Rules of Engagement

Hamza YusufOctober 21, 20190 comments

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Seerah Dawah Community Affairs US Foreign Policy Muslim Civic Engagement Ethics & Conduct Leadership Political Activism

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In this panel discussion hosted at Zaytuna College, Hamza Yusuf, Salam al-Marayati, Kamal Huda, and Hala Hijazi explore the philosophy and practice of Muslim civic and political engagement in America. Drawing on decades of personal experience — from the White House after 9/11, to the State Department, to San Francisco City Hall — the panelists discuss theories of change, the value of protest and lobbying, concrete policy victories, and when disengagement may be appropriate. The conversation is grounded in Quranic principles and the Prophetic example, and concludes with a candid exchange about the controversies surrounding Muslim participation in government commissions under the Trump administration.

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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