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Yasir QadhiAugust 14, 202639 min0 comments

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Taqwa & Spiritual Priorities Muslim American Politics Civic Engagement Islamophobia Community Activism Palestine & Gaza Sectarianism Unity of the Ummah

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In this lecture, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi reflects on the historic primary victory of Abdul el-Sayed in Michigan — the most expensive Senate nomination in U.S. history — drawing seven lessons for the American Muslim community on political engagement, grassroots organizing, Sunni-Shia unity, and facing Islamophobic bigotry with courage. He grounds the discussion in Quranic principles, warning against apathy, sectarianism, and blind following of scholars, while reminding believers that political activism must always be rooted in taqwa and connection with Allah.

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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