Alhamduillah, our Islamic Center is honored to welcome our Imam, Sheikh Dawood Yasin. Please join us for a special event featuring the Austin Imams InshAllah!
Program starts at 7:15pm with dinner.
Please register as this helps us with accommodations and babysitting:
About Imam Dawood Yasin:
Imam Dawood Yasin is the Religious Director at ICGA. Prior, he was Director of Student Life and Center for Ethical Living and Learning at Zaytuna College. His field specialties include Arabic, Community Studies, and Ethical Living and Learning. At Zaytuna College, Imam Dawood has taught all levels of Arabic, lead the Experiential Learning Program, and taught archery. Prior to his post at Zaytuna College, Imam Dawood served as Muslim Life and Service-Learning Coordinator at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. He previously served as Director of Outreach Affairs at Zayed Center for Islamic Culture in the United Arab Emirates and as an Arabic language teaching assistant at Yale University.Imam Dawood received his BA in Community Studies from University of Massachusetts-Boston in 2009 and his MA in Liberal Studies and Globalization Studies from Dartmouth College in 2017. He studied Islamic Studies and is a Graduate at Abu Nour Institute in Damascus, Syria.His MA thesis, titled “The Heart of All Contradictions: Muslim Industrial Meat Production and Its Challenge to the Ethical Practice of Islam,” examines modern Muslim industrial meat production and ritual slaughter, focusing on its legal, moral, ecological, and ethical considerations.