A Public Lecture by Dr. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi on Muslim Theologian Responds to Violence in God's Name

In Conversation with Dr. Bernard Haykel of Princeton Near Eastern Studies. 

Who is Dr. Yasir Qadhi?

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi, PhD, is the Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with a Western academic training of the study of Islam.

Shaykh Yasir graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and then completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He then returned to America, and completed a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University.

He has authored several books, published academic articles, and appeared on numerous satellite and TV stations around the globe. His online videos are of the most popular and highly-watched Islamic videos in English.

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is a resident Scholar of the Memphis Islamic Center. He is also a professor at Rhodes College, in the Department of Religious Studies.

NY Times Profile on Dr. Yasir Qadhi: Why Yasir Qadhi Wants to Talk About Jihad (March 2011)

This event is co-hosted by the Muslim Life Program (MLP) in the Office of Religious Life and Princeton Public Lecture Series + Co-Sponsored by the Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, the Program in Near Eastern Studies