Dr. Yasir Qadhi, PhD, is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamicseminary education with a Western academic training of the study of Islam.
Dr. Yasir graduatedwith a B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, afterwhich he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. Aftercompleting a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B. A. from the College ofHadith and Islamic Sciences, and then completed a M. A. in Islamic Theology fromthe College of Dawah. He then returned to America, and completed a PhD inReligious Studies from Yale University.
He has authoredseveral books, published academic articles, and appeared on numerous satelliteand TV stations around the globe. His online videos are of the most popular andhighly-watched Islamic videos in English.
Dr. Yasir Qadhi isa resident Scholar of the Memphis Islamic Center. He is also a professor atRhodes College, in the Department of Religious Studies.
