Imam Abdul Latif Finch
Berkeley
Imam Muhammad Abdul Latif Finch is an American Muslim Lecturer, Teacher, and Da’ee. After converting to Islam at the age of 20, he began seeking sacred knowledge and eventually in 2002 moved his family to the San Francisco Bay Area to study and be among the first students to graduate from the Zaytuna Institute (now Zaytuna College). There he earned his ijazaa in Islamic Sciences including: Quranic Sciences, Hadith, Maliki and Shafi’i Jurisprudence, Usul Fiqh, Seerah, Logic, and Arabic Grammar and Morphology under the tutelage of noted scholars: Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Salik bin Siddina, Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Abdur Rahman Taahir, Qari Amar Bellaha, Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, and Shaykh Yahya Rhodus.
Since graduating in Zaytuna 2008, Muhammad Abdul Latif has continued his studies. Under the guidance of Imam Zaid Shakir, Muhammad Abdul Latif co-founded the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, California where he served as the Imam till for 3 years until he resigned in 2012 to pursue a Master's degree in Philosophy at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, a member of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He also served as a teacher and program developer for Deen Intensive Foundation, and has assisted Zaytuna College 's Summer Arabic Intensive program.
His translation works include: Maqamaat Al Deen Ath Thalaath (The Three Levels of Deen) by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, awaiting publication.
He currently resides in Berkeley, CA. Imam Abdul Latif regularly teaches classes in Berkeley and has given talks in Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Spain and Burkina Faso.
He is available for talks, courses and intensives and is able to teach Quranic Sciences, Hadith, Maliki and Shafi Jurisprudence, Tassawuf, Usul Fiqh, Seera, Logic and Arabic.
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