Yasir Qadhi – Culture Clash: Immigrant Muslims Raising Children in the West

Yasir QadhiOctober 14, 2011119 min0 comments

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In this panel discussion, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, Imam Mohamed Magid, and Sheikh Abdur Rafi address the cultural and generational tensions faced by immigrant Muslim families raising children in the West. Drawing on personal experience, Islamic scholarship, and counseling, they offer practical advice to both parents and youth — covering themes of parental love, life experience, identity, marriage, and the importance of building trust and friendship between generations. The discussion also includes an extended Q&A touching on marriage, screen time, religious arrogance among youth, and the role of women and children in the masjid.

Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi is one of the most influential Islamic scholars and intellectuals in the Western world. Born in Houston to Pakistani parents, he earned a degree in chemical engineering before studying for ten years at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he completed degrees in hadith and Islamic theology, and later earned a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He served for years as Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, taught at Rhodes College in Memphis, and now serves as Dean of the Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) in Texas. His lecture series on the seerah, "Lives of the Sahaba," and Islamic theology are among the most comprehensive in the English language.

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