Practical Advice for Masjids & Islamic Centers in the U.S. & Canada | Shaykh Mustafa Umar
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2023-12-25

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Shaykh Mustafa Umar shares his fascinating journey from growing up in a Muslim household to Atheism and then finding Islam again on his own terms. Sidi Asaad Traina interview Sheikh Mustafa Umar. 

Sheikh Umar also delivered the sermon earlier in the day on this Friday visit: https://youtu.be/PtFPoxJRDJU

Shaykh Mustafa Umar completed a B.S. in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine, a B.A. in Theology & Islamic Law from the European Institute of Islamic Sciences in France, and an M.A. in Islamic Studies from the University of Gloucestershire in the UK. He also studied the Islamic sciences for a year at Nadwatul ʿUlamā’ in Lucknow, India, and spent another year studying in Cairo, Egypt. He has authored several books, served the Muslim community of Southern California as an Imam and activist for over a decade years, and is currently the founder and president of California Islamic University, the Director of Education and Outreach at the Islamic Institute of Orange County, and an executive member of the Fiqh Council of North America.

This conversation was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Friday, December 8, 2023.

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