Yasir Qadhi

Yasir Qadhi (ياسر قاضي; born " Yasir Kazi " in Houston , Texas , in 1975) is an American Muslim author and Islamic teacher. Qadhi's has combined an Islamic seminary training (from Islamic University of Madinah ) with a Western education (from University of Houston and Yale University ). He has written or co-written a number of books about Islam, and many of his lectures can be found on YouTube .

Yasir Qadhi (also spelled Yasir Kazi ) is a Pakistani-American Muslim preacher. Since 2001, he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute , an international Islamic educational institution with a center in Houston, Texas . He also taught in the Religious Studies department at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee . Qadhi has written numerous books and lectured widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues.

American Islamic scholar and preacher Yasir Qadhi (formerly known by his kunya Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi ) (born January 30, 1975) is an American preacher, theologian, and Sunni imam. Since 2001, he has served as Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute , an international Islamic educational institution with a center in Houston, Texas . He also taught in the Religious Studies department at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee . He is currently the resident Scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas . He currently serves as the chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America . Born in Texas to Pakistani parents, Qadhi studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston, before studying at the Islamic University of Medinah in Saudi Arabia. Qadhi has written books and lectured widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues. A 2011 The New York Times Magazine essay by Andrea Elliott described Qadhi as "one of the most influential conservative clerics in American Islam." Writing in 2017, journalist Graeme Wood called him "one of the two most prominent Muslim scholars in the United States today." He has also consistently been listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims , most recently in 2022. Qadhi was previously affiliated with the Salafi movement but has since left the movement and now only identifies himself as belonging to the Post-Salafist movement. Fiqh Council of North America . The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State .

American Islamic scholar and preacher (born 1975) Yasir Qadhi (formerly known by his kunya Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi ) (born January 30, 1975) is a Pakistani American Muslim scholar and theologian. He is dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas . He was formerly the dean of AlMaghrib Institute and taught in the religious studies department at Rhodes College . He currently serves as chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America . Born in Texas to Pakistani Muhajir parents, Qadhi studied chemical engineering at the University of Houston , before studying Hadith and Islamic theology at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. He earned his PhD from Yale University where his dissertation focused on the writings of Ibn Taymiyyah . Qadhi has written books and lectured widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues, and is considered one of the most influential Muslim scholars in the United States. He has also consistently been listed in the annual listicle The 500 Most Influential Muslims . Qadhi was previously affiliated with Salafism , but has since left it. He now identifies himself as a Wasatist and has been described as such. Fiqh Council of North America .