Name: Muhammad Ali

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2016

School Name: Bayan Claremont

Major: Master of Divinity � Islamic Chaplaincy

Description: Hajj Muhammad Ali attended Bayan Claremont. Muhammad was previously a Muslim Chaplain in California State Prison. He also graduated from Thomas Edison State University with a degree in Psychology. His senior project at Thomas Edison investigated the effects of spiritual care and religious programs on the lives of inmates during and after their prison term. He also holds a certification in Clinical Pastoral Education from UCSF Medical Center after a year-long residency program in which he ministered to hospital patients of all faiths. Hajj Muhammad is the son of African-American converts to Islam. He has a long history of Arabic and Islamic education beginning as a child at the American Institute for Quranic Studies in Blanco, Texas. As an adult, he has dedicated his young life to learning and teaching Islam as taught by the Prophet Muhammad and his Holy Household. Muhammad also enjoys the support of a loving wife and the task of raising four young children.

Sponsor: Bayan Claremont College