{"id":53420,"date":"2025-09-25T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/?page_id=53420"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:32:01","slug":"staff-imam-sharif-mohamed-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/staff\/staff-imam-sharif-mohamed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Imam Sharif Mohamed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Augsburg University Muslim Chaplain<\/p>\n

Oren Gateway Center 106A\"\"<\/p>\n

mohamsh@augsburg.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharif Mohamed holds Ijaza (authority) in Theology, Qur\u2019an and Sunnah, Jurisprudence, History, and Spiritual Devotions, earned under the guidance of renowned scholars. In addition to his religious leadership, he has over 20 years of experience in family and marriage counseling, applying Islamic principles to address mental health, family and youth well-being, and public health challenges within East African immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

He is the cofounder and current Imam of the Islamic Civic Society of America\/Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque, the first mosque established to serve Minnesota\u2019s East African and Muslim community. For more than 40 years, Imam Sharif has served as an Islamic scholar, preacher, and civic leader globally \u2014earning recognition for promoting human dignity and interfaith collaboration.<\/p>\n

In 2015, he became Minnesota\u2019s first Imam to serve as a hospital chaplain. He received the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award from the University of Minnesota\u2019s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Since then, he has trained and mentored numerous Muslim faith leaders\u2014both men and women\u2014who now serve in chaplaincy roles within healthcare systems.<\/p>\n

Imam Sharif\u2019s work bridges religious leadership, policy advocacy, and health equity research. He is recognized worldwide as a trusted and respected voice in both Muslim and civic communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Augsburg University Muslim Chaplain Oren Gateway Center 106A mohamsh@augsburg.edu Sharif Mohamed holds Ijaza (authority) in Theology, Qur\u2019an and Sunnah, Jurisprudence, History, and Spiritual Devotions, earned under the guidance of renowned scholars. In addition to his religious leadership, he has over 20 years of experience in family and marriage counseling, applying Islamic principles to address mental …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":0,"parent":7534,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53421,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53420\/revisions\/53421"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/campusministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}