Name: Abdul Raoof Nasir

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2014

School Name: Bayan Claremont

Major: Islamic Leadership

Description: Abdul Raoof Nasir received a Master’s Degree program in Islamic Leadership from Bayan Claremont. Abdul Raoof is a student of Imam Warithuddin Mohammed, the late Islamic leader who transformed the original Nation of Islam (NOI) after the passing of the NOI founder the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. After earning a BA in Social Science from the U.C. Berkeley, Abdul Raoof has been a lifelong student and worker in the Quran-centered local and national programs initiated by and through that transformation. He studied two years at the Markus Islami Afriki (The African Islamic Center) located in Khartoum, The Sudan. For the last three decades, Abdul Raoof has chosen as a special focus work with inmates in the United States Prison System. After completing the Master’s Degree program, G-d Willing, Abdul Raoof has become a more skillful and effective advocate for the creation of these vitally needed services for these new members of our Islamic Ummah. 

Sponsor: Bayan Claremont College