The Father of Nations: Abraham (AS) in Our Times | Ustadh Dr. Ali Ataie
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 2023-06-27

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Ali Ataie is a teacher, researcher who specializes in interfaith work. He has been involved in many dialogues and debates with Christian scholars regarding famous topics including the resurrection of Jesus and the Prophethood of Muhammad. As a lecturer and instructor, he visited California Polytechnic State University, California State University East Bay, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.

This talk was delivered on June 23, 2023 at the San Ramon Valley Islamic Center (SRVIC) in San Ramon, California. It was delivered via Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California. 

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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