Imam Zaid Shakir

Email: zshakir@zaytuna.org

Zaid Shakir is chairman of the board, co-founder, and senior faculty member at Zaytuna College. He is also the chair of Zaytuna’s Student Affairs Committee, which looks after student residential life and co-curricular activities. In 2003, Zaid Shakir moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute. In 2009, he co-founded Zaytuna College, where he now teaches Islamic law and history. Known to the world as Imam Zaid, he has authored numerous articles on a wide range of topics, becoming a voice of conscience for American Muslims and non-Muslims alike. As an activist, he has inspired communities from New Jersey to Connecticut to mobilize for social justice.

Courses: Islamic Spirituality, Islamic History, Shafi’i Fiqh, Politics

Selected Works:

Where I'm Coming From: The Year In Review, NID Publishers, Dec. 20, 2010

Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance, NID Publishers, Sept. 1, 2008 (translated with commentary has been awarded as a finalist in the category of general spirituality by USA Book News).

Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim, Zaytuna Institute Sept. 18, 2005, and reprint NID Publishers, May 23, 2007.

The Heirs of the Prophets, Starlatch Press, Oct. 24, 2001 (translated)

Education:
BA, Islamic Law, Abu Nour University, Damascus, 2001
MA, Political Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1985
BA, (Honors), International Relations, American University, Washington, DC, 1983

Personal website: www.newislamicdirections.com