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Yasir Qadhi
Yasir Qadhi is a prolific author and Islamic teacher who has written several books about Islam. He is a popular speaker in many Muslim circles in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. His lectures at different locations can be found on YouTube. He is one of the few people who has combined Islamic seminary training from Islamic University of Madinah with Western education from Yale University.
Yasir Qadhi was born in Houston, to Pakistani parents in 1975. He went to high school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, graduating valedictorian of his class and completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston. After working for Dow Chemical for a short stint, he decided to pursue an education in Islamic studies and left for the Islamic University of Madinah. There, he completed a second Bachelor's degree, specializing in hadeeth studies and then went on to complete an M.A. in Theology. Presently, he is completing his doctorate in Islamic studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
His published works include Riya'a, The Hidden Shirk, Du'aa: The Weapon of the Believer and An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs and an instructor at the AlMaghrib Institute where he teaches theology, Seerah, Tajweed and other topics.
Yasir Qadhi has been featured on a number of Islamic satellite channels such as Islam Channel in England, Al-Huda Channel & Al-Fajr Channel in Egypt and Peace TV in India, U.K and U.S, He gives regular sermons, lectures and he also blogs at MuslimMatters.org where he is the group-blog's lead specialist.
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