Zaid Shakir

Zaid Shakir (b. 1376 H/1956 M), lahir di Berkeley, California, adalah seorang Amerika Muslim ulama, author, dan pendidik. Ia memeluk Islam ke Islam di 1977 while serving di United States Air Force, experience yang marked beginning dari lifetime dari Islamic learning dan komunitas service.

After his konversi, Zaid Shakir belajar di American University di Washington, DC, dan later pursued studi Islam di Suriah, di mana ia menghabiskan several tahun learning tradisial ilmu-ilmu Islam including Arabic language, Maliki dan Syafi'i fikih, hadith, dan Islamic teologi dari tradisial para ulama. He juga holds Master's degree di Political Science dari Rutgers University.

Zaid Shakir co-founded Zaytuna College di Berkeley, California, alongside Hamza Yusuf dan Hatem Bazian. Established di 2009 dan accredited di 2015, Zaytuna became first accredited Muslim liberal arts college di United States, offering undergraduate pendidikan grounded di both Islamic dan Western intellectual tradisis. He teaches Arabic language dan studi Islam di Zaytuna.

Ia adalah author dari several kitabs including Scattered Pictures: Reflections dari American Muslim dan New Hearts untuk New Paths, serta numerous articles addressing challenges facing Muslim komunitas-komunitas di America. His writings engage dengan issues dari race, social justice, dan integration dari Islamic values di Western context.

Zaid Shakir adalah dikenal karena his commitment ke tradisial Sunni para ulamahip, his deep concern untuk African-American Muslim komunitas-komunitas, dan his articulate engagement dengan kontemporer social dan political issues dari Islamic perspective. He follows Maliki-Asy'ari tradisi dan telah menjadi terkemuka voice untuk orthodox Sunni Islam di English-speaking dunia.