Zaid Shakir
Imam Zaid Shakir is an American Islamic cleric. He teaches at Zaytuna College (formerly Zaytuna Institute) in California, USA, whose co-founder he is.
He founded the Masjid al-Islam in Connecticut, Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee.
He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You (English A Common Word Between Us and You), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... " ) submitted (13 October 2007).
In 2009 he was listed in the list of 500 most influential Muslims of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.
Works (selection)
- Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim
- African Muslims in 20th century American history