Core Scholars
At the heart of any educational endeavor is the faculty who develop and impart the tools that lead to literacy. ALIM has the great blessing of a dynamic faculty who have been with the institute since its inception. ALIM’s Core Scholars are members of ALIM’s Board of Trustees and inform ALIM’s programs, content, and pedagogical approach.
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DR. SHERMAN JACKSON
Dr. Sherman Jackson is a respected scholar and one of the foremost authorities on Shariah and Islam in America. He is the King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, and Professor of Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC). He was formerly the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Dr. Jackson received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. He is the author of several books, including... |
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DR. MUNEER FAREED
Dr. Muneer Fareed is a respected scholar and thought-leader of the Muslim community in North America. He is currently a member of the Fiqh Council of North America, the premier Islamic legal authority in the United States and Canada. Dr. Fareed is a co-founder, Core Scholar, and member of the Board of Trustees of the American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM), an academic institution where scholars, professionals, activists, artists, writers, and community leaders come together to develop strategies for the future of Islam in the modern world. Dr. Fareed also serves as part of the Board of Advisers to the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), a leading nonprofit research organization committed to studying... |
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DR. ALI SULAIMAN ALI
Dr. Ali Sulaiman Ali was born in Ghana where he spent his childhood studying with various Muslim scholars. He then moved on to Saudi Arabia where he enrolled in Medina’s Islamic University. His curriculum included all the traditional Islamic sciences and in 1979 he graduated with a degree in both Islamic Studies and Arabic. Dr. Ali pursued further scholarship at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) where he received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Islamic Studies. Dr. Ali’s dissertation on Tafsir bil Ma’thurdealing with the question of Hujja (the question of authority of or binding proof) was a seminal study in an important field. Dr. Ali’s passions center on learning, teaching, and community-service. He has taught Islamic Studies, Muslim World Studies, Arabic and the Science of Qur’an at... |