Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
| Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 41–42) Houston, Texas |
| Residence | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
M.A. Islamic Creed B.A. Islamic Sciences Associate's degree Arabic Language Islamic University of Madinah Ph.D Islamic Studies M.Phil Islamic Studies Yale University B.Sc Chemical Engineering University of Houston |
| Alma mater |
Islamic University of Madinah Yale University University of Houston |
| Occupation | Instructor |
| Title | Dean of Academic Affairs Al-Maghrib Institute |
| Website | MuslimMatters.org |
Yasir Qadhi (also spelled Yasir Kazi) is an American Muslim scholar and writer of Pakistani descent. 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 teaches in the Religious Studies department at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he resides.
Qadhi has written numerous books, and lectured widely on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues. A 2011 New York Times Magazine essay described Qadhi as "one of the most influential conservative clerics in American Islam".
Qadhi was born in Houston, Texas, to parents of Pakistani origin. When Qadhi was five, the family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he attended local schools. He graduated from high school two years early as class valedictorian. He returned to the United States, where he earned a B.Sc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston.
At the age of 17 Qadhi became influenced by the Salafi teacher Ali al-Tamimi. Qadhi studied under al-Tamimi. Years later in 2010 he stated that al-Tamimi "played an instrumental role in shaping and directing me to take the path that has led me to where I am today." Al-Tamimi was sentenced in July 2005 to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom for inciting terrorism.
After a short stint working in engineering at Dow Chemical, in 1996 Qadhi enrolled at the Islamic University of Medina in Medina, Saudi Arabia. There he earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic from the university's College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences and a master's degree in Islamic Theology from its College of Dawah.
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