Towards Bridging the Salafi-Ashari Divide ~ AMJA Annual Convention | Mar 2016

Yasir Qadhi May 13, 2016
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This is Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi's Official YouTube Channel. Dr. Qadhi graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He then completed an MA, MPhil and PhD from Yale University. The topic of his doctoral dissertation was 'Reconciling Reason and Revelation in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya.' Shaykh Yasir is currently the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America. Currently, he is the resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center. He resides in Plano Texas with his wife and four children.

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In this academic talk, delivered at the American Muslim Jurist Associations' Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, on 19th March, 2016, Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi summarizes an academic paper to a roomful of scholars and activists, encouraging them to overcome the Salafi-Ashari divide of intra-Sunni Islam. The arguments presented are both historical and modern: the Shaykh argues that even historically, this 'tension' between these strands of Sunnism dates back to at least the 3rd Islamic century, during the time of Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal and his contemporary Imam al-Muhasibi. And from a modern perspective, the Shaykh argues that what combines them, especially in light of modern problems, is far greater than what divides them. A very unique and interesting talk that encourages brotherhood and unity amongst groups that have historically had tensions between them.

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