Omar Suleiman (Imam)

Sheikh Omar Suleiman
Portrait of Omar Suleiman, 2016
Born	1987 or 1988 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Residence	Irving, Texas, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	International Islamic University Malaysia
Occupation	Co-Chair of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks Giving Square President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research Professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University Resident Scholar at Valley Ranch Islamic Center
Years active	2000–present
Website	Yaqeen Institute website

Sheikh Omar Suleiman (born 1987 or 1988) is an American Muslim scholar and speaker. He is currently the President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and a professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. He is also the Resident Scholar of the Valley Ranch Islamic Center and the Co-Chair of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square.

Suleiman delivered the invocation at the presidential memorial after the police shootings in Dallas alongside former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. He has been featured in the rising stars section of Ozy Magazine and dubbed "The Religious Leader Dallas Needs" by the D Magazine. Suleiman gained attention in early March 2017 after ISIS called for his assassination in a propaganda film titled "Kill The Apostate Imams." The call was in response to a video Suleiman produced with Pastor Andrew Stoker of First United Methodist Church Dallas titled "An Imam, a Pastor and a Dream," in which Suleiman calls for unity among Christians and Muslims in the U.S. and around the world. Suleiman responded to the threat stating, "I believe that their venom needs to be condemned. They’ve hijacked my religion."