Education

• Ph.D. degree from Islamic University of Minnesota in Bloomington, Minnesota, March 2017.  
• Juris Doctor degree from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2002.
• Graduate of Humphrey Institute Policy Forum of University of Minnesota   2002-2003.
• Graduate of Higher Institute for Islamic Studies, Cairo, 1989 with graduate diploma (MA) in Islamic Studies and Islamic Law.
• Graduate of Somali National University School of Law, 1986, received LL.B. in civil law and Islamic law.  

Experience

• Associate Professor of Islamic University of Minnesota.  Former Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul.  Imam/Chairman, Minnesota Dawah Institute.
• Director, Dawah Academy Islamic school.
• Dean, Minnesota Dawah Institute.  Former MAS-MN vice president and Former Director of MAS-MN Freedom Foundation.  Current President of United Mosques of America. 

Publication

Authored the following Books:

• Fiqh Da'wah and its Moderate Approach, its objectives, obstacles and solutions, dissertation thesis for Ph.D.
• 100 most important questions and answers in Islam

Research Papers:

• Religious Violent Extremism: Root Causes and Its Practical Solutions
• Islamic Law Principles and the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
• Understanding of Islamic Culture and Somali Culture (a guide for American schools and employment)
• Dying and Death in Islamic law principles
• Oath Procedure in Islamic and Civil Law Principals.  (In Arabic)
• Currently writing on Islamic law and contemporary issues such as the status of Muslim women with respect to home, workplace, and politics in America.  
• Banking and Financing in Islamic Law Principals.
• Capital Punishment in Islamic Law
• Wills in Islamic and American Law
• Janazah or Funeral   Procedure in Islamic Law and other papers.