Yasir Qadhi – Embracing Islamophobia

Yasir QadhiOctober 28, 20130 comments

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In this lecture, Shaykh Yasir Qadhi confronts the rise of Islamophobia in the West — from mosque bans and sharia legislation to the erosion of habeas corpus — and draws a direct parallel to the slander and persecution the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ faced from the Quraysh. Using a detailed commentary on Surah Ash-Sharh (Alam Nashrah), he offers a Quranic framework for responding to anti-Muslim hatred: by recognizing Allah's blessings, trusting that ease accompanies every hardship, and taking proactive, spiritually grounded action in one's community.

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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