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Shaykh Dr. Hamza Yusuf

Scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College

Born Mark Hanson in 1958 in Walla Walla, Washington. He accepted Islam in 1977 and studied in the United Arab Emirates and in North and West Africa. In Berkeley he co-founded Zaytuna College, where he is president. He completed a doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union in 2020.

  • President, Zaytuna College
  • Co-founder, Zaytuna College

Sources: Wikipedia · Zaytuna College · checked 26 October 2026

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Their courses, by stage

Courses and series they have published, set in four stages by the level their publisher gives each, which is shown beside it. Sabīl places nothing itself: what a publisher gives no level is listed apart. Each opens on the publisher’s site, outside Sabīl.

checked 30 October 2026

Not placed by level

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