Scholarly & Daʿwah Profile
Biography & Academic CV
Azhar formation, daʿwah service, scholarly production, and institutional leadership
Imam Dr. Ahmed Abouseif holds a Ph.D. in Tafsīr and Qur'anic Sciences from Al-Azhar University (2008), along with a Qur'anic ijazah in the recitation of Hafs through the Shāṭibiyyah and Ṭayyibah transmissions, with a connected isnād to the Prophet ﷺ. He is the Founder and President of the American Imams Academy in Plano, Texas (since March 2017), and serves as Imam and Director of Religious Affairs at the Academy's Mosque (since November 2021). His career spans more than three decades across imamate, university teaching, scholarly research, institutional leadership, and media engagement in both Egypt and the United States.
+2,600
lectures & lessons
+35
years of experience
4
languages
Current Roles
Founder & CEO — American Imams Academy, Plano, TX (March 2017 — Present)
Imam & Director of Religious Affairs — Imams Academy Mosque (November 2021 — Present)
Education & Academic Qualifications
Doctorate (al-ʿĀlamiyya) in Tafsīr & Qurʾanic Sciences
al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2008
Master’s (al-Takhaṣṣuṣ) in Tafsīr & Qurʾanic Sciences
al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta, Postgraduate Studies (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2003
- B.A. in Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah (Department of Daʿwah & Islamic Culture) — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn, Ṭanṭā, Al-Azhar University, 1996
- Full Azhar education (Primary / Preparatory / Secondary) — Qutur Azhar Institute
Ijāzas & Specialized Formation
- Qur'an Ijazah (Hafs) through the Shāṭibiyyah and Ṭayyibah transmissions with a connected isnād to the Prophet ﷺ
- Pioneer Imams Scientific Course — Ministry of Awqāf (Egypt), 2004
- Mufti-Formation Courses — Dar al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyyah (2007 — 2010)
- Specialized Studies in Islamic Heritage (Analysis & Research) — Cognitive Studies Center under Prof. Taha Jabir al-ʿAlwānī
- Family Counseling & Conflict-Resolution Program — under Dr. Mahrous Shehata
- Dispute-Resolution Training — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA), 2015
- Youth Engagement in the West — Specialized Course, 2016
Peer-Reviewed Research & Publications (9)
- The Slaughter of the People of the Book in the Qurʾanic Approach: The American Context as a Case StudyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · A study derived from a peer-reviewed paper at the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA); the original version was presented to the 9th Annual Imams' Conference (2012), theme: "The Lawful and the Forbidden in Foods and Medicines" · 2026
- The Farewell Ṭawāf Between Obligation and GentlenessMonograph · A comparative uṣūlī–maqāṣid study in fiqh — final consolidated version, on the margins of the Hajj season 1447 AH · 2026
- Qur’anic Exegesis Between the Renewal of Reality and the Renewal of Tools: Artificial Intelligence as a Case StudyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · First International Academic Conference — Knowledge Center for Research and Education (Malaysia) · 2026
- Fatwa in the Age of Digital TransformationAcademic Research · Expansion of a peer-reviewed paper — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2026
- The Reality of Fatwa in the United States in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 10th World Conference — General Secretariat for Houses and Bodies of Iftaa Worldwide · 2025
- Fatwa Between the Mufti's Eligibility and the Chaos of Fatwa-IssuancePeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 15th Annual Imams' Conference — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2018
- Women and Daʿwah in Western SocietyPeer-Reviewed Conference Paper · 10th Annual Conference — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) · 2013
- The Preponderances (Tarjīḥāt) of Imām Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī in His Tafsīr "al-Tashīl li-ʿUlūm al-Tanzīl": A Study and AppraisalAcademic Research · al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2008
- The Tafsīr of Imām al-Māturīdī, "Taʾwīlāt Ahl al-Sunna": A Critical Edition and Study of the Exegesis of Sūrat al-AʿrāfAcademic Research · al-Azhar University — Faculty of Uṣūl al-Dīn and Islamic Daʿwah, Tanta, Postgraduate Studies (Dept. of Tafsīr and Qurʾanic Sciences) · 2003
Teaching, Daʿwah & Media
- Lecturer at Al-Azhar Mosque and Amr ibn al-ʿĀṣ Mosque (2007 — 2010)
- Television contributions on: Azhari, Iqraa, ʿAin, Family & Child, Health & Beauty, Al-Nas, Al-Rahma, Al-Baraka, Al-Hafez, Al-Hayah, Al-Mehwar, Nile TV
- Radio contributions on: Qur'an Karim, Middle East, Youth & Sports
- Represented the Ministry of Awqāf at national and international conferences
- Research presentations and fiqh-training programs with organizations across North America
Professional & Leadership Experience
- Lecturer, Islamic Studies Program — IANT Qur'anic Academy, Richardson, TX (January 2019 — 2021)
- Imam & Director of Religious Affairs — Mesquite Islamic Center, TX (April 2016 — October 2021)
- Imam & Director, Qur'an Institute — Toledo Muslim Community Center (TMCC), OH (2011 — 2016)
- Director, General Department of Religious Guidance — Ministry of Awqāf, Egypt (July 2007 — January 2011)
- Lecturer, Institute for Imam Preparation — Ministry of Awqāf, Egypt (2008 — 2011)
- Imam & Director of Religious Affairs — Saad Mosque, Toledo, OH (September 2006 — June 2007)
- Imam & Khatīb — Ministry of Awqāf, Egypt (1997 — 2006)
Memberships & Institutional Initiatives
- Founder — Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in North America
- Associate Member — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA)
- Former Executive Committee Member — North American Imams Federation (NAIF)
Articles & Scholarly Series
Maqāṣid-Based Tafsīr
- The Concept of the Message through Sūrat al-Baqara
- Sailing Through the Two Radiant Suras
- The Threshold of Peace: A Reading in the Axis of Sūrat al-Baqara
- Knowing Souls Before Teaching Texts
- Objective-Based Tafsīr: Clarifying the Concept and Defining the Term
- Objective-Based Tafsīr and Its Siblings: A Distinction That Removes Confusion
- The Origin and Development of Objective-Based Tafsīr Across the Centuries
- The Grand Objectives of the Qur'an and the Goal of Objective-Based Tafsīr
- The Figures and Scholars of Objective-Based Tafsīr
- The Principles and Controls of Objective-Based Tafsīr: Between Openness and Discipline
- The Fruit of Studying the Qur'an upon the Basis of Objectives
- A Behavioral Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in Building the Conduct of the Individual
- A Social Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in Reforming Relationships and Society
- A Psychological Application: The Objectives of the Qur'an in the Tranquility and Healing of the Soul
- Objective-Based Tafsīr of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah
Concepts of Faith
- Tazkiyah in the Qurʾan
- Fitnah in the Qurʾan
- Shūrā in the Qurʾan
- Qisṭ and ʿAdl in the Qurʾan
- Ḥikmah in the Qurʾan
- ʿAfw in the Qurʾan
- Raḥmah in the Qurʾan
- Iḥsān in the Qurʾan
- Birr in the Qurʾan
- Ḥayāʾ in the Qurʾan
- Khushūʿ in the Qurʾan
- Sakīnah in the Qurʾan
- Riḍā in the Qurʾan
- Tawakkul in the Qurʾan
- Shukr in the Qurʾan
- Ṣabr in the Qurʾan
- Amānah in the Qurʾan
- Ṣidq in the Qurʾan
- Ikhlāṣ in the Qurʾan
- Tawbah in the Qurʾan
- Istiqāmah in the Qurʾan
- Mīthāq in the Qurʾan
- Fiṭrah in the Qurʾan
Wisdom & Insights
- Overlooking the Slips of People of Merit
- Everyone Acts According to His Own Nature
- Taqwā in the Noble Qurʾan: From the Meaning of the Word to the Philosophy of Application
- The Companions and the Making of Scholarly Awareness
- A Reflection on Pure Sincerity
- Response Is Life
- A Kaaba or a Qiblah?
- Straightening the Hearts Before the Rows
- The Appetite for Obedience
- Then Let Them Complete Their Cleansing
- Remind Them of the Days of Allah
- Where We Stand in the Sentence of History
- Glad Tidings of the Qur'an
- Awakened Consciences
- Steadfastness Between the Indications of the Sacred Texts and the Response of the Human Soul
- The Best Nation for the Best Religion
- Our Servitude — Between Deed and Word
- Wisdom is the Lost Property of the Believer
- Satan and Man: Goal and Means
Glimmers of Prophetic Light
Imamship & Leadership
- Your Sermon: An Essay or a Stance?
- Our Noble Imam… Your Khutbah
- Da'wah Discourse Between Complete Conveyance and the Blight of Excerpting
- The House of Daʿwah: Between the Inherited Image and the Human Reality
- Children of the Imams: Between Grace and Trial
- The Imam Between Individual Fatwa and Collective Voice
- Why Western Mosques Need an Institutional Mind
- Crafting the Modern Imam: Knowledge, Management, and Pastoral Containment
- The Imam in the West: From Leading the Prayer to Leading the Community
Qur'an & Civilization
- Our Faith Is Our Sacred Trust: From the Honor of Belonging to the Responsibility of Safeguarding and Conveying It
- The Philosophy of Displacement in the Noble Qur'an
- The Isrāʾ Before the Miʿrāj — The Constitutional Sūra and the Civic State Model
- The Sunan of Civilization in the Qur'an — Six Laws That Govern the Rise and Fall of Nations
- The Hoopoe's Wing and the Flood of al-ʿArim — The Law of Rise and Fall in the Qur'an
- Sūrat Yūsuf and the Curve of Civilizational Ascent
- The Qur'an and the Foundations of Civilization
- The Island of the Qur'an