Zaid Shakir

Imam Zaid Shakir (right) with Habib Umar bin Hafiz , the founder and dean of Dar al-Mustafa for Islamic Studies in Tarim

Imam Zaid Shakir is an American Islamic clergyman. He teaches at Zaytuna College (formerly Zaytuna Institute) in California , USA, of which he is co-founder. In 2015 he signed an official letter of intent between Zaytuna College and Hartford Seminary , a theological seminary in Hartford, Connecticut . In Connecticut he founded a mosque, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee .

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (Engl. "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") (October 13, 2007).

In 2009 he was included in the list of 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Prince al-Walid-bin-Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center of Jordan .

Works (selection)

• Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim
• African Muslims in 20th century American history
• Where I'm Coming From: A Year In Review , 2010
• Agenda To Change Our Condition , with Hamza Yusuf , 2007
• Scattered Pictures: A Reflection of An American Muslim , 2005

Web links

• berkleycenter.georgetown.edu: Said Shakir ( Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, DC )
• themuslim500.com: Imam Zaid Shakir
• zaytunacollege.org: Imam Zaid Shakir

References and footnotes

1. ↑ themuslim500.com: Imam Zaid Shakir
2. ↑ acommonword.com: A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB)
3. ↑ Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding ("Prince al-Walid Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding"), after the Saudi Arabian prince and multi-billionaire al-Walid ibn Talal .
4. ↑ yale.edu ( Yale University ; PDF; 4.8 MB)