Yasir Qadhi - Religious Freedom and its Implications

Yasir QadhiMay 12, 20200 comments

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In this wide-ranging panel discussion, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi shares candid insights on interfaith dialogue in America, offering three key maxims from his experiences in Memphis, Tennessee — including the paradox that those who most need interfaith engagement are least likely to participate. He also discusses how 9/11 galvanized American Muslims toward civic engagement, the challenges of navigating hate crimes and anti-Sharia legislation, and why interfaith "action" matters far more than interfaith "dialogue."

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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