Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes


I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.


Citations

Rauf, Feisal Abdul. "Interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf." Larry King Live, CNN, 8 Sept. 2010.

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Feisal Abdul Rauf
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Imam, Author, Landlord

Feisal Abdul Rauf (Arabic: فيصل عبد الرؤوف‎, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West. From 1983 to 2009, he served as Imam of Masjid al-Farah, a mosque in New York City. He has written three books on Islam and its place in contemporary Western society, including What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America, and founded two non-profit organizations whose stated missions are to enhance the discourse on Islam in society.