Omar Suleiman - Justice for Stephon Clark, Jordan Edwards, Jamilah Arshad...

Omar SuleimanDecember 4, 20180 comments

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In this powerful lecture, Sheikh Omar Suleiman calls on the Muslim community to take up the cause of racial justice and police brutality in America, telling the stories of Stephon Clark, Jordan Edwards, and the largely unknown Dr. Jamilah Yasmin Arshad — a Muslim neurologist who died in police custody while trying to save a child's life. Drawing on prophetic tradition, he argues that standing up for the most vulnerable in society is not only a civic responsibility but a deeply Islamic one, urging Muslims to speak truth to power regardless of political consequences.

Dr. Omar Suleiman is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. Born in New Orleans to Palestinian parents, he began traditional Islamic study in 2000, spending years learning in the UAE, Jordan, and Malaysia, and completed a PhD in Islamic Thought and Civilization from the International Islamic University of Malaysia. He served as Imam of the Jefferson Muslim Association in New Orleans, where he led interfaith rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina, and is now resident scholar of the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving, Texas, and Co-Chair Emeritus of Faith Forward Dallas. One of the most influential Muslim figures in America, he is known for his Ramadan series, civil rights activism, and prolific scholarship bridging tradition and contemporary life.

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