Yusuf Ziya
Kavakci
Tel: 972-231 5698 / 102 (w)
972-437 2958 (h)
Fax: 972-231 6707
Present
Position:
Scholar-in-Residence
Islamic Association of
Education:
Full Professor (1981) Thesis: "Comparative Study on the Shares of
Man and Woman in Inheritance Law." School of Islamic Studies, Ataturk
University, Erzurum, Turkey (This is the first time in Modern Turkey's
Universities' that a full-professorship officially held as independent academic
career in Islamic Law after the fall of Ottoman Empire)
Associate Professor (1973) Thesis: " 'HISBA' Organization in
Islamic Law and Culture."
Assistant Professor (1969) Thesis: "Muslim Jurists of Qarakhanid
Period in Transoxiana (XI-XII A.D. Centuries)." Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
Ph.D. (1967) School of Letters, Institute of Islamic Research, Istanbul
University, Istanbul, Turkey
Esq. (1966) Board Certified
LLB (1965)
B.A. (1965) Islamic Studies, Institute of Higher Islamic
Studies, Ministry of Education, Istanbul, Turkey
Imam-Khatib School (1961) Istanbul, Turkey
Vefa Lycee (1960) Istanbul, Turkey
(1957) Passed the national examinations for becoming Mufti (Muslim Bishop,
Certified authority to give fatwa/religious edict)
(1955) Passed the national examinations for becoming Waiz (preacher)
(1949-1954) Studied and trained in Tajwid, Qiraah, techniques of recitation
of Qur'an, Arabic, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Siyar and
allied Islamic Sciences, Hasircilar Qur'anic School, Sakarya,
Turkey
(1948) Hifz al-Qur'an (memorization of the Holy Qur'an by heart)
Experience:
(November , 2007) Attended
Training for Media and PR, One Nation, ISNA,
Training(2006-2007) Consultant, Fiqh
Council of North America, National Organization of Muslim Jurists (Fuqaha),
(2005-Present) Founding Dean/Instructor of Islamic Studies, Suffa Islamic Seminary, Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas (Suffa provides college level education in Islamic Sciences)
(2004-Present) Founder/Instructor
of Alim Program,
(November 2002), Attended Media
and PR Training, Islamic Assoc. of North Texas,
(1988-Present) Resident Scholar,
Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1988-Present) Family Counselor in Islamic Matters, Islamic Association of
North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1988-Present) Founder and supervisor of Qur'anic School, Islamic Association
of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1985-1988)
Legal Advisor, OIC (the Coordination Office for the Standing Committee for
Economic and Commercial Cooperation among Islamic Countries of the Organization
of Islamic Conference), State Planning Organization, Prime Ministry,
(1985-1988) Counselor for the Islamic Development
Bank, Ankara, Turkey
(1983-1985) Director for Legal and Administrative Operations, ECE Construction
S.A. Tripoli, Libya
(1983-1985) Lecturer on Islamic Law for Postgraduate Studies, and Member of
Doctorate Panel, Al-Fatih University, Tripoli, Libya.
(1983-1985) Counselor on Legal Conflicts between KISKA Construction Company
(Turkish Company Operating in Iraq ) and Iraq Water Administration, Baghdad,
Iraq
(1983-1985) Arbitration Counselor to Turkish Ozdemir Construction Company and
Saudi Arabian Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(1981-1983) Dean and Full Professor of Islamic Studies, School of Islamic
Studies, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
(1979-1980) Visiting Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
(1974-1981) Associate Professor of Islamic Law, School of Islamic Studies,
Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
(1973-1974) Visiting Professor, School of Oriental Studies, Cambridge
University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
(1970-1974) Research Assistant, Institute of Islamic Research, Istanbul
University, Istanbul, Turkey
(1968-1969) Instructor of Islamic Law, Institute of Higher Islamic Studies,
Ministry of Education, Istanbul, Turkey
(1967-1968) Military Police, Turkish Army, Ankara, Turkey
(1966-1967) Lecturer/waiz, Beyoglu, Directorate of Religious Affairs, Istanbul
, Turkey
(1962-1965) Imam of Ahmed Pasha Mosque, Fatih, Directorate of Religious
Affairs, Istanbul, Turkey
(1956-1961) Muadhdhin of Hirka-i Sharif Mosque, Fatih, Directorate of Religious
Affairs, Istanbul, Turkey
Courses and Lectures:
Nov. 7, 07
Panelist on Religion and Politics, Organized by by Richland and Collin County
CC, Phi Theta kappa Chapters, Collin County Com. College.
(2005-Present) With the Cooperation Thanks Giving
Square and Dallas Visitors Bureau hosted
& Lectured, US State Departments invitees Scholars from Former USSR member
Muslim States of Central Asia
(Tataristan, Kazakistan, Kirgizistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and others),
Jordan, Saudi Arabia (multiple groups, including ladies), India,
different states of Africa, Balkans, Eastern Europe, France , England, Germany,
Director of Islamic Affairs Department,
Beijing, China and staff members of
Organization of Islamic Conference. These all took place different times at
Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT),
(2006-Present) Weekend Course on Majalla
(Ottoman Code Civile, One Hundred General Rules, Majalla’s history, its
contents, its importance-recorded and available online
www.iant.com)
(2005) Weekend Course on History of Islamic Law
(its development, issues pertinent to modern day Fiqh-recorded by video,
available online www.iant.com)
(2004-2005) Weekend Crash Course on Arabic Grammar
(al-Sarf wa ‘l-Nahw) (recorded on videos, available online www.iant.com)
(2004) Weekend Course on Majalla (Ottoman
Code, One Hundred General Rules, Majalla’s history, its contents, its
importance-recorded by video and available online www.iant.com)
(2003-2006) Weekend Course on the Grammatical
Analysis and Translation of the Arabic Texts of the following Classical Sources
(recorded on video, available online www.iant.com):
1)
‘Aqaid (‘Ilm al-Kalam): a)al-Fiqh al-Akbar by Abu-Hanifa, b) ‘Aqidah
al-Tahawi by al-Tahawi, c) al-‘Aqa’id al-Nasafiyya by ‘Umar
al-Nasafi, d) Bad’al-Amali by Siraj al-Din Ali al-Ushi
2) Fiqh:
Nur al-Idhah by al-Shurunbilali
3) Usul
al-Hadith: Nukhbah al-Fikar by al-‘Asqalani
4)
Hadith: al-‘Arba’una Hadithan by al-Nawawi
(2002-Present) Daily Lecture and Translation
(after Isha), Hashiya Ibn 'Abidin, Radd al-Mukhtar by Ibn Abidin,
Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(2001-Present) Daily Lecture and Translation (after Fajr), al-Fiqh ala al-Madhahib al-Arba'ah by al-Jaziri, Islamic
Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1994-1995) Saturday Lectures and Translation, al-Sirajiyyah by
al-Sajawandi (Arabic text in Islamic Inheritance Law) (also taught grammatical
Arabic to the students), Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1993-1997) Daily Lecture and Translation (after Fajr, Isha, before Friday
Prayer), Ramuz al-Ahadith by Gumushkhanawi Ahmad Diya' al-Din (recorded
by 90 minute 218 audio tapes), Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1992-Present) Weekend Courses, Qur'anic Arabic and Qur’an’s Grammatical
Analysis through a thorough reading of Qur’an (Reached to Surah
al-Zukhruf as of October 2007) (recorded on video, available online
www.iant.com), Islamic Association of North Texas,
Richardson, Texas
(1992-1993) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice
a day) al-Mukhtasar by al-Quduri (recorded by audio tapes, available
online www.iant.com), Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1992 November) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice a day), Matn
al-`Aqa'id al-Nasafiyyah by `Umar al-Nasafi (recorded by audio tapes),
Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1992 October-November) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice a day), Matn
al-`Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah by Abu Ja`far al-Tahawiyy (recorded by audio
tapes), Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson,
Texas
(1992 August-October) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice a day), Nur
al-Idah by al- Shurunbilali (recorded by audio tapes), Islamic Association
of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1992 June-August) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice a day), Bad'
al-Amali by Siraj al-Din Ali al-Ushi together with its commentary, Daw'
al-Ma`ali by Nur al-Din Ali al-Qari, Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1992 January-June) Daily Lecture and Translation, (twice a day), Muwatta'
by Imam Malik, Islamic Association of North Texas,
Richardson, Texas
(1991-1992) Daily Lecture and Translation, Sunan by Abu Dawud
al-Sijistani, Islamic Association of North Texas,
Richardson, Texas
(1991 April-May) Daily Lecture and Translation, al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyyah
by ‘Umar al-Nasafi, Islamic Association of North Texas,
Richardson, Texas
(1991 January-December) Lecture and Translation, Nur al-Idah by
al-Shurunbilali, Qur'anic School, Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1989-Present) Courses on recitation and Tajwid of al-Qur'an, Qur'anic School,
Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1989-Present) Khatm al-Qur'an (periodical recitation of Qur'an from memory in
congregation, in an approximate period of three months each), Dallas Central
Mosque, Islamic Association of North Texas, Richardson,
Texas
(1989-1999) Courses on Qur'anic Arabic, Qur'anic
School, Islamic Association of North Texas,
(1989-1990) Daily Lecture and Translation, al-'Aqa'id
al-Nasafiyyah by ‘Umar al-Nasafi, Qur'anic School, Islamic Association of
North Texas, Richardson, Texas
(1989-1990) Daily Lecture and Translation, al-Targhib wa 'l-Tarhib by
al-Mundhiri, Islamic Association of North Texas,
Richardson, Texas
(1988-Present) Regular Lecturer for Area Churches and Schools, Dallas, Texas
(1988-Present) Lecturer on demand at area universities and community colleges, Dallas, Texas
(1988-1989) Daily Lecture and Translation (twice a day) Bidayat al-Mujtahid
wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid by Ibn Rushd
(1975-1981) Teaching to university students coming
from different colleges of the Ataturk University Arabic text of Tafsir
al-Jalain, (finished
twice).
Membership:
(2007-Present) Member, Fiqh Council of North
America,
(2007-Present)
(2002-2006)
(2002-Present) Member, Majlis al- Shura (Board of
Trustees), Islamic Society of North America,
(2002-Present) Member, Peace Institute Advisory
Board, Richland Community College, Dallas, Texas
(2000-Present) Member, Richardson Independent School District Religious
Practices Advisory Board, Richardson,Texas
(1997-2000) Member, Majlis al-Shura (Board of Trustees), Islamic Society of North America, Indianapolis, Indiana
(1994-2000) Member, Metropolis Muslim Leadership Conference, Dallas, Texas
(1994) Member, Dallas Leadership Conference,
Dallas Texas
(1992-1998) Member, Muslim-Christian Dialogue Group, Greater Dallas Community
of Churches, Dallas, Texas
(1992-1998) Member, Cousins' Club, Dallas, Texas
(1991) Member, Religious Policies Committee, Richardson Independent School
District, Richardson, Texas
(1990-1999) Member, Richardson Interfaith Alliance
(1989-Present) Member, Interfaith Trialogue Group of Bishops, Rabbis, and
Muslim Scholars of Dallas-Forth Worth, Dallas, Texas
(1988-Present) Member, Thanksgiving
Square,
(1988-Present) Member, Fiqh Committee of Greater
Dallas and Forth Worth Council of Masajid, Dallas, Texas
(1988-Present) Member, Council of Masajid of Dallas
and Forth Worth Metropolis, Dallas, Texas
(1988 to 2004) Member, Religious Community Task Force of Dallas Independent
School District, Dallas, Texas
(1988 to 2005) Member, Greater Dallas Community of Churches, Dallas, Texas
Professional Service to
Community:
(June 14, 08), Speaker, Domestic Violence, Muslim Community Sevice
& UT
(June
9-10, 08) Round Table on Priority Issues and Concerns of
American Muslims, Panelist, Emory Unaiversity,
(May 23-26, 08), Speaker (Multipel Times), M.Z. Kotku Vakfi,
Retreat and Camp, Rocky Gap Resort,
(May, 4, 08) Presentation on Islam, Q/A,
(April 17, 08), invited and was participant with a group representing Muslims of US and met Pope Bnedict XVI, Washigton DC, during his visit USA.
(April 12), 08), Invited by Governor of Texas Rick Perry and and paticipated on berhalf of Muslims in Golden Jubilee Texas Gala in honor of His Highness the Agaha Khan and met with both, Buda, Texas.
(November, 2007) Lecture on “Islam: Continuation of Christianity and
Judaism,
(September, 2007), Key Note Speaker, Fast-A-Thon, MSA,
(2007) Lecture to HS
Students, Saint. Marks,
(2007) Invocation of
(2007) Strategic Planning Committee of Muslim
Scholars on Muslims in Crisis and Solutions,
(2007) Brainstorming on Strategic Issues of
Muslims,
(September, 2006) Conference, “The Concept of Law:
Islam and the Wets”,
(2006) Lecture to
(1995-Present) Q/A Sessions with Muslim Women
(every other month) (available on website)
(2002-2005) Live Fatwa Sessions, www.IslamOnline.net
(2002-2003) Lectures to Richardson Police
Department,
(May 2001) Key Note Speaker,
Baccalaureate Ceremony, Berkner HS, Richardson ISD,
(2000-Present) Facilitator of relations between
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Muslims,
(1988-Present) Answering Religious Questions
(Fatwa), Islamic Association of North Texas,
Conventions and Conferences:
(April 18-30, 08), Panelis Speaker on behalf of US State Department, Spain and Ausria on Islam and Muslim Life in US (varous programs in different cities arranged by US Embassies).
(March
27, 08), Panelist, Arab Amarican Cultural Experince,
(March 11, 08) Creating
a new common grourund in our search for
understanding, Richland College Emeritus Program Spring 2008 Symposium,
(February 11
,08), Islamofobia and Teacher and Tedy Bear Incident in Sudan, American
Religious Town Hall Meeting, Recording for TV, Dallas, Texas (Panelist)
(January 19, 08) Islam ve Bati Sempozyumu" (Islam and West Symposium),
(November 2007) “Islam,
Muslims in
(August
31-Sept. 2, 2007), Speaker, ISNA. Annual Convention,
(December 16-17, 2006)
Uluslararasi Muhammed Hamidullah Sempozyumu Chair, Beyan Yayinlari,
(September 2006)
Address to the Rotary Club of Dallas,
(December 17, 2005)
Preserving Islamic Memories, Collectif Hamidullah,
(2005) Association of
Muslim Social Scientists Conference, Co-Chair,
(2004) Association of
Muslim Social Scientists Conference, Co-Chair,
(2004) Invocation of
Inauguration of Children’s Medical Center of Dallas,
(2004) Conference on
Unity,
(2003) Organization of
Chaplains Conference,
(September 2002)
Address to the Rotary Club of Dallas,
(1989-Present) Regular
Speaker at Annual Convention of Islamic Society of North America, Chicago,
Illinois
(October 30-November 1, 1992) Conference of The Association of Muslim Social
Scientists, Lansing , Michigan
(December 27-29, 1991) Muslim Student Association Seminar on “Problems and
Solutions of Muslims,” Columbus, Ohio
(October 25-27, 1991) Conference of the Association of the Muslim Social
Scientists, Detroit, Michigan
(September 1990) Meeting of Continental Council of Masajid, Chicago, Illinois
(October 1990) Conference of the Association of the Muslim Social Scientists, Detroit, Michigan
(1988) First International Conference on Scientific Miracles of Qur'an and
Sunnah, Islamabad, Pakistan
(1987) First Congress of Islamic Banks, Istanbul, Turkey
(1987) Foreign
Ministers’ Meeting, Organization of Islamic Conference,
(1986) Finance
Ministers’ and National Resources Ministers’ Meeting, Organization of Islamic
Conference,
(1986) Meetings of the
Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation among Islamic
Countries under the Organization of Islamic Conference,
(1986) Conference on
the Establishment of Religion, Islamic Call Society,
(1985) Turkish-Arab Relations, Turkish Arab Association,
(1985) Foreign
Ministers’ Meeting, Organization of Islamic Conference,
(1985) Meeting of the
Standing Committee For Culture and Information Among Islamic Countries of the
Organization of Islamic Conference, Dakar,
Senegal
(1983) Conference on Ijtihad Al-Multaqa li'l-Fikr al-Islami, Kostantiniyyah, Algeria
(1981) Conference on Islamic Revolution, Government of Islamic Republic of
Iran,Tehran, Iran
(1979) Muslim Students' Association Conference, Indianapolis,
Indiana
(1977) Sind Through the Centuries Conference, Karachi
University and Sind University, Karachi, Pakistan
(1976) Conference on Islam-Christianity Dialogue, Islamic Call Society, Tripoli, Libya
(1976) First International Conference on Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz
University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
(1973) Congress of Orientalists, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
(1964) Annual
Conference of Federation of Student Islamic Societies,
Signatures:
1988 Sigined, Declaration of
World Thanksgiving,
Oct.13, 2007, Signed together with 137 Muslim Scholars and Clerics of the world an open letter addressing to Pope and Christian leaders ”to leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere” under the title “A Common Word Between Us and You” ,initiated by the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan
Publications:
Turkish:
Muslim Jurists of Qarakhanid
Period in Transoxiana (Ankara: Ataturk Universitesi
Yayinlari, 1976), pp. 322
Hisba Organization (Ankara: Ataturk Universitesi Yayinlari ,1975), pp. XIX-150
Syrian-Roman Code and Islamic
Law, (Ankara: Ataturk Universitesi Yayinlari,
1975), pp. XI-78
Methodology of Islamic Studies,
(Ankara: Diyanet Isleri Baskanligi, 1976), pp.
215
English:
Methodology of Islamic Research
(
Fiqh, Islamic Law and Usul al-Fiqh
(
Islam Briefly (
Islamic Inheritance Law (Dallas: al-Hidaya, 1994)
Translations:
Hadith Litterature, Siddiqi M. Z.
(Istanbul: Irfan Yayinevi, 1966) (from English to Turkish)
Islam and Modern Economics,
M. Hamidullah (Istanbul: Yagmur Yayinevi, 1967) (from French to Turkish)
Al-Usrah Fi'l-Shar' al-Islami,
Farrukh O. (Istanbul: Sebil Yayinevi, 1968) (from Arabic to Turkish)
Angora Reform, Ostrorog C. L.
(Istanbul: Istanbul Universitesi Edebiyat Fakultesi Yayinlari, 1972) (from
English to Turkish)
Economics of Islam, Muhammad
Ahmad Mahmud (Istanbul: Dirilis Yayinlari, 1976) (from English to Turkish)
Islam and the Problem of
Economic Justice, Fazlur Rahman (Erzurum: Ataturk Universitesi Yayinlari,
1976) (from English to Turkish)
A Travelogue of my Journey to
the Cape of Good Hope, Omer Lutfi Efendi, Cape Town, South Africa (Cape
Town: Federation of Islamic Organizations, 1991) (from Ottoman Turkish to
English)
Articles:
“Islam: Its Status” in Image Magazine (2007)
"What Muslims Need
in
"The Importance of
'Ilm al Khilaf to
"Sighting the Moon
and Ramadan" in Image, Magazine
(1991)
"29th. Congress of
Orientalists (Paris 1973)" in Islam Tetkikleri Enstitusu Dergisi
vol. V, Parts 3-4, Istanbul 1974
"The Foundation of International Islamic Law" by Hans Kruse in Islam
Tetkikleri Enstitusu Dergisi vol. V, Parts 3-4, Istanbul
1974 (translated from German to Turkish)
Texts
Ready for Publication:
Turkish:
Bibliography of Islamic Law
Arabic:
al-Furuq by
al-Karabisi: A textual criticism in Arabic
English:
Multaqa 'l-Abhur by
Ibrahim al-Halabi (Translation from Arabic into English, 250 single spaced
pages, draft)
Travel Accounts of Cape of Good Hope by Omer Lutfi Efendi (Translation from Ottoman Turkish
into English, 130 single spaced pages)
Works
under Study:
Islamic Issues of
Muslims in
Languages:
Turkish,
Arabic, Persian, English, German (reading level) and Ottoman Turkish.
Personal:
Born in 1938, Hendek,
Naturalized US Citizen