Addressing Muhammad (PBUH)’s Motive: Wealth, Power, or a Greater Purpose? | Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2023-05-01

Dr. Ali Ataie gives spiritual and practical insights about challenging perennial and evergreen Islamophobic and neo-Orientalist criticism on Islamic hermeneutics questioning the sincerity of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to struggle and strive in his pursuing his holy Prophethood. 

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This sermon was held at the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, California in August 2013. It was delivered via the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California.

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Ustadh Ali Ataie is a perennial student and researcher who has been involved in interfaith activities for over two decades. He holds a Masters in biblical studies with a focus on New Testament and biblical languages. He also holds a PhD in cultural and historical studies in religion from the Graduate Theological Union. His doctoral work focused on Muslim hermeneutics of biblical texts, especially the Gospel of John. He lives in San Ramon, CA with his wife Roya and three daughters. Learn more about him at https://zaytuna.edu/academics/faculty/ali-ataie

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Sidi Ali Ataie studied Islamic sciences with local San Francisco Bay Area scholars. He graduated from the Badr Arabic Language Institute in Hadramawt, Yemen, and studied at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa, also in Hadramawt, under some of the most eminent scholars in the world. He holds a Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley (Oct. 2011), emphasizing the New Testament (he is the first Muslim seminarian in the over 150-year history of the school to earn this degree). He is certified in Arabic, Hebrew, and Biblical Greek and is fluent in Farsi. He also holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics from the Graduate Theological Union (Oct. 2016). He is a professor of Arabic, Qur'an, and Comparative Theologies at Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim College in North America.

Education: M.A., Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D. Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics, Graduate Theological Union.

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