Name: Abdul Raoof Nasir

Recipient Year: 2014

Major: Islamic Leadership

Description: Abdul Raoof Nasir is a student in the Master’s Degree program in Islamic Leadership at 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 intends to be a more skillful and effective advocate for the creation of these vitally needed services for these new members of our Islamic Ummah. 

School Name: Bayan Claremont

Sponsor: Bayan Claremont College