Find Your Life's Purpose | Teen Chat | Ustadh Amjad Tarsin
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2021-09-28

Ustadh Amjad Tarsin gives spiritual insights for MCC teens about appreciating our faith and finding meaning in life.

Ustadh Amjad spoke while Shaykh Yahya Rhodus held a parallel workshop for parents: https://youtu.be/3U3aiEWFZr0

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About the Speaker:
Ustadh Amjad Tarsin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent his early childhood there. He has also lived in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, growing up within diverse cultures. He obtained his Bachelors of Arts at the University of Michigan in English Literature and Islamic Studies. It was during his university years that Amjad developed a deeper connection to his faith, studying the Islamic sciences with teachers locally and internationally, and became actively involved in community service and youth engagement.

After spending a transformative year studying Islam abroad at Dar al-Mustafa, Yemen, Ustadh Amjad returned to America to start his studies at University of Michigan Law School. Yearning to fulfill his calling to community building, spiritual development, and service, Ustadh Amjad changed career paths and enrolled in Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy program. While completing his degree, Ustadh Amjad worked as a part-time Muslim chaplain at Fairfield University, Connecticut. 

In 2012, Sidi Amjad was selected as University of Toronto’s first full-time Muslim Chaplain. Ustadh Amjad continues to study and teach on a regular basis at SeekersHub Toronto. He currently resides with his wife and son in Toronto, Canada.

This talk was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California. The seminar was on September 25 , 2021.

Ustadh Amjad Tarsin joined the faculty of Al-Maqasid in 2019, served as the Executive Director and Head Chaplain of the Muslim Chaplaincy at the University of Toronto. He then spent an intensive year studying at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa for Islamic Sciences in Tarim, Yemen and later enrolled at Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy program where he completed his Master of Arts. Ustadh Amjad also teaches for SeekersGuidance Online Islamic Seminary, and is the creator and host of the SoulFood FM podcast.

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