Zaid Shakir

Quick Facts

Full Name	Zaid Shakir
Occupation	Business Executive
Date Of Birth	May 24, 1956(1956-05-24)
Age	68
Birthplace	Berkeley
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Zaid Shakir Biography

Zaid Shakir is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on May 24, 1956 in Berkeley, California, United States. He is a Muslim-American scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College, Berkley, where he also teaches courses in Arabic law, history, Islamic spirituality, and Arabic law. He is also well-known for founding United For Change, an organisation that aims to diversify and include the Muslin community.

He has published many papers on He has published several papers on Malcolm X and a Muslin Response to Pope Francis and The Climate Crisis., a Muslin Response Pope Francis, and The Climate Crisis.

Imam Zaid Shakir (Arabic: زيد شاكر ‎; born Ricky Daryl Mitchell, May 24, 1956) is a Muslim American scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California. He teaches courses on Arabic, law, history, and Islamic spirituality.

A summa cum laude graduate, he obtained a BA in International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C., earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic Sciences. For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Islamic scholars of our age, such as Sheikh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shāghūrī and Sheikh Mustafa Al-Turkmani. In 2001, he was the first American male graduate from Syria’s Abu Nour University with a BA in Islamic Sciences.

He was raised in Berkley (California).

Zaid Shakir Net Worth

Zaid Shakir is one of the richest Business Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Zaid Shakir 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His Bachelors in International Relations degree was earned at American University. He also received his Masters in Political Science from Rutgers University. Later, he obtained Islamic Sciences in Syria. In 2003, he began to teach Arabic at Zaytuna college.

He is well-known for being one of nine Muslin scholars to appear in a YouTube video decrying Militant Islam following 9/11. He is also well-known for his multiple articles published on the New Islamic Directions site and for writing several books on the topic.

Shakir was born in 1956 in Berkeley, California as Ricky Daryl Mitchell to a family descended from African, Irish and Native American roots. His formative years were spent in housing projects in New Britain Connecticut. These early experiences instilled in him a compassionate and realistic work ethic, as well as, an unshakeable desire for social change and economic justice. He converted to Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force and shortly after changed his name to Zaid Salim Shakir.

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As reported in The New York Times, Zaid Shakir appeared with nine other influential Muslim scholars in a YouTube video denouncing militant Islam. The aftermath of 911 Shakir states, “People all over the world have felt the repercussions and the reprisals for the senseless brutality of 9/11’s perpetrators. Our best hope is to attempt to move beyond the pain, strife and hatred unleashed. Trusting in the power and promise of God we will be able to do just that.”

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Zaid Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Zaid Shakir celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.