Abdullah Hakim Quick
Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick (born June 20, 1949) is an American-Canadian Imam and travelling lecturer.
Background
He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of African American, Caribbean and Mohawk descent. He grew up in Boston.[1]
He received a Bachelor's Degree from the Islamic University of Madinah in 1979. He was one of the first two students from the west and the first American to have done so and receive an Ijazah. He received a Master's Degree and Ph.D from the University of Toronto.[2] His thesis was an analysis of the life and writings of Sheikh ‘Uthman Dan Fodio, a great West African Scholar, warrior, and social activist.[2][citation needed]
Career
Over the past four decades Quick has travelled to 61 countries where he lectured at universities, mosques and at public events.[3] He has also served as an imam, teacher, counsellor and media consultant in the USA, Canada, South Africa and the West Indies.[3] He is currently senior lecturer with the Islamic Institute of Toronto (I.I.T.)[4] and the outreach coordinator with the Canadian Council of Imams.[5] He is also the history department head and a lecturer at AlMaghrib Institute[6] and advisory committee member at International Open University.
Threats
Quick was listed in ISIS's hit list on an issue of Dabiq, with ISIS encouraging his death.[why?][7]
References
- ↑ "Meet the Toronto imam wanted dead by Islamic State". The Globe and Mail. April 29, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An Interview on Uthman dan Fodio". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AlMaghrib Institute | Our Instructors | Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick". almaghrib.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Islamic Institute of Toronto". islamicinstitute.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "Contact Us". www.canadiancouncilofimams.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "AlMaghrib Institute". almaghrib.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Kill the Imams of the West" (PDF). Dabiq 1437 Rajab (April - May 2016). Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (14): 13–14
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- 1949 births
- American historians
- American imams
- Canadian imams
- Converts to Islam
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- People from Boston
- Islamic University of Madinah alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- American people of Caribbean descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Mohawk descent
- Canadian people of Caribbean descent
- Canadian people who self-identify as being of First Nations descent
- African-American Muslims
- American emigrants to Canada
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