Imam Jihad Turk is the founding president of Bayan Islamic Graduate School in Claremont, California, and a nationally known leader and public speaker. Previously, Jihad served for many years as Religious Director of the Islamic Center of Southern California, the oldest and largest mosque in the Los Angeles area.
Born to a Palestinian Muslim father and an American Christian mother, Jihad spent his college years exploring his Islamic roots. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, and the University of Tehran, earning his BA in history and Arabic at the University of California, Berkeley. Jihad also holds an MA in Arabic and Islamic law and jurisprudence from the University of Texas, Austin. Currently earning his doctorate, he is focusing his research on Islamic law with an emphasis on usul al-fiqh (jurisprudence) and theology.
Speaker, Islamic Sacred Texts 101
Speaker, Decoding Rituals and Symbols of Islam
Speaker, Iftar: Breaking of the Fast
Storyteller, Inspiring Stories: Acknowledging Anger