Shaykh Abdullah Hakim Quick (born June 20, 1949) is an American-Canadian Imam and travelling lecturer.

Background

He was born in

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, Caribbean and

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descent. He grew up in

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. He received a

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from the

Islamic University of Madinah The Islamic University of Madinah ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) was founded by the government of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree in 1961 in the Islamic holy city of Medina. Many have associated the uni ...

in 1979. He was one of the first two students from the west and the first American to have done so and receive an

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. He received a

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and PhD from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

. His thesis was an analysis of the life and writings of Sheikh ‘Uthman Dan Fodio, a great West African Scholar,

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, and social activist.

Career

Over the past four decades Quick has travelled to 61 countries where he lectured at universities, mosques and at public events. He has also served as an imam, teacher, counsellor and media consultant in the USA, Canada, South Africa and the West Indies. He is currently senior lecturer with the Islamic Institute of Toronto (I.I.T.) and the outreach coordinator with the Canadian Council of Imams. He is also the history department head and a lecturer at

AlMaghrib Institute AlMaghrib Institute is an Islamic studies institute founded in Houston, Texas, by Muhammad AlShareef in 2002.Asef Bayat, Linda Herrera, ''Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North,'' p 170. AlMaghrib provides c ...

and advisory committee member at International Open University.

Threats

Quick was listed in ISIS's hit list on an issue of ''Dabiq'', with ISIS encouraging his death."Kill the Imams of the West" (PDF). ''Dabiq 1437 Rajab (April - May 2016)''. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (14): 13–14

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quick, Abdullah Hakim 1949 births Living people American historians American imams Canadian imams Converts to Islam People from Cambridge, Massachusetts People from Boston Islamic University of Madinah alumni University of Toronto alumni American people of Caribbean descent American people of Native American descent Canadian people of Caribbean descent Canadian people of Native American descent African-American Muslims American emigrants to Canada