#  Rizwan Arastu 

Founding Director, Islamic Texts Institute

 

 

 



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Shaykh Rizwan Arastu is a graduate of the Islamic Seminary of Qum and Princeton University. He is the founding director of the Islamic Texts Institute, a non-profit aimed at making Islamic sources accessible to non-specialists. He is also the founder of [Islamic-Literacy.org](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__Islamic-2DLiteracy.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=uNL0B0u5VkYXFDzUqZPM0JxO1CgPEm5Vya4ZsHiwQDE&m=imGK3Kigw5_WaRaIqJLDyPcilMxciBNmROfGo3kn4DUbKcgrYGQaCLfOr_f-5uv0&s=4uWCw7Ebkqr_xdqu514gtt08J0wbCcXBi2KxuwlP7Ww&e=), a web-based educational platform that aims to help all Muslims become Islamically literate. He lives with his wife and six children in Elgin, IL.  
  
Shaykh Rizwan has authored or co-authored eight books: God’s Emissaries: Adam to Jesus, A Salute to the Master of Martyrs, al-Kafi Books I, II, and III, Tajwid: A Guide to Qur’anic Recitation, and Every Muslim’s Guide to the Islamic Legal System. He is currently writing a biography of Prophet Muhammad called The Last Emissary: Muhammad.

 

 

 





 

 

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     [2022 Conference](/year/2022)