Zaid Shakir

Zaid Shakir
Zaid Shakir presides over "The People's Champ" Muhammad Ali memorial service in Louisville, KY., 2016.
TitleImam
Personal
Born
Ricky D. Mitchell

(1956-05-24) May 24, 1956 (age 68)[1]
Berkeley, California, United States
EraModern era
DenominationSunni[2]
JurisprudenceShafi[3]
CreedAshari
Education
OccupationIslamic Scholar, Author[6]
YouTube information
Channel
Years activeSeptember 29, 2009–present
Subscribers11.3 thousand[7]
Total views401.4 thousand[7]
Associated actsZaytuna College
Last updated: 26 October 2022
Websitenewislamicdirections.com

Zaid Shakir (Arabic: زيد شاكر; born Ricky Daryl Mitchell, May 24, 1956)[1] is an American Muslim scholar[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and co-founder of Zaytuna College[16][8] in Berkeley, California. He teaches courses on Arabic, law, history, and Islamic spirituality.

Shakir is co-founder and chairman of United For Change,[17] whose stated goal is to leverage the diversity of the Muslim and interfaith community and address divisive obstacles.[18] In 2015, he signed the official Memorandum of Understanding between Zaytuna College and Hartford Seminary in Connecticut.[19] He is one of the signatories[20] of A Common Word Between Us and You, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, calling for peace and understanding.

Shakir assumed leadership of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) from 2020 until 2022, which is a broad-based alliance of Muslims which strives for justice and promotes what they deem as the "life-giving truth" of Islam.[21] He has been listed in the 500 Most Influential Muslims (also known as The Muslim 500), an annual publication compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world.[22]

Inspired to work with religious groups on sustainable development and climate change, he has taken "action for the earth" in partnership with the organization Green Faith.[23] The organizations mission is to "inspire, educate, organize, and mobilize people of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds around the globe for environmental action."[24][25]

Zaid Shakir is one of many signatories to a statement prepared by religious leaders from around the world who presented the UN Secretary General with a declaration in support of the Paris Climate Agreement.[26]

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  2. ^ Howe, Justin (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender: Muslim Chaplaincy and Female religious Authority in North America. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 213. ISBN 9780815367772.
  3. ^ Malik, Anas (2013). "Challenges to Interreligious Liberative Collective Action between Muslims and Christians: The Struggle to Constitute and Sustain Productive... This is not only the position of the Shafii school of jurisprudence represented by Zaid Shakir". The Journal of Religious Ethics. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: 457–473. doi:10.1111/jore.12024. ISSN 0384-9694.
  4. ^ Haddad, Mattson (2008). An Examination of The Issue of Female Prayer Leadership. Columbia University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0231139571.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference berkleycenter.georgetown.edu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Bill Moyers Journal", https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06222007/profile.html
  7. ^ a b "About Zaid Shakir". YouTube.
  8. ^ a b "Lonny Shavelson, Fred Setterberg", Under the Dragon: California's New Culture, Oakland Museum of California, Heyday Books, p.64, ISBN 978-1597140454
  9. ^ Esposito, John (2009). The 500 Most Influential Muslims. Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. p. 86. ISBN 978-9957-428-37-2.
  10. ^ "Edward E. Curtis", The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, Columbia University Press, p.239, ISBN 9780231139571
  11. ^ "Dallas News", http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150125-north-texas-muslims-neighbors-gather-to-call-for-peace.ece#sthash.rynlKS6r.yBEhU34p.dpuf Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "US Muslim groups launch fundraiser to help rebuild burned black churches". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  13. ^ "Hartford Seminary", http://www.hartsem.edu/2015/09/imam-zaid-shakir-offers-eid-al-adha-sermon-signs-memorandum-of-understanding/ Archived September 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Why Muslims are raising money for black churches destroyed by fire". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "Imam Zaid Shakir of Zaytuna College". article.wn.com. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  16. ^ "Edward E. Curtis", The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, Columbia University Press, p. 239, ISBN 0231139578
  17. ^ "Muslim Matters", http://muslimmatters.org/2011/08/16/united-we-stand-one-nation-one-destiny/
  18. ^ "United For Change". Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  19. ^ "Memorandum of Understanding", http://www.hartsem.edu/2015/09/imam-zaid-shakir-offers-eid-al-adha-sermon-signs-memorandum-of-understanding/#.Vgzo84uEQTc.twitter// Archived September 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Signatories". Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "MANA", https://mana-net.org/about/// Archived October 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ "Imam Zaid Shakir". The Muslim 500. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  23. ^ "A Green Ramadan", https://greenfaith.org/islamic_teachings# Archived September 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ "Permaculture Design Certificate", https://zaytuna.edu/extendedlearning/permaculture-design-certificate Archived July 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ "Sign-on Letter: People of Faith for the Climate Strikes". actionnetwork.org. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  26. ^ "Interfaith Climate Change Statement" (PDF). Interfaith. Retrieved September 6, 2023.