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Hosai Mojaddidi

حساي مجدددي

Teacher, spiritual counsellor and mental-health advocate in California. Born in Afghanistan, she moved to the United States with her family at the age of two. Her Islamic learning began in 1996 in the Hayward classes of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, her teacher and mentor since then. With her cousin Dr. Nafisa Sekandari she co-founded Mental Health 4 Muslims, and for over twenty years she has served the Bay Area and Orange County and Los Angeles communities through classes, study circles, counselling and mentoring.

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teacher · writer
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Americas & Oceania
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    Hosai Mojaddidi is a teacher, spiritual counsellor and mental-health advocate in California. She was born in Afghanistan and moved to the United States with her family at the age of two. Her Islamic learning began in 1996 in the Hayward classes of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, her teacher and mentor since then. 1

    Mental Health 4 Muslims

    For over twenty years she has served the Bay Area and Orange County and Los Angeles communities as an organizer, teacher, spiritual counsellor, mentor and mental-health advocate, leading study circles and support groups. With her cousin Dr. Nafisa Sekandari she co-founded Mental Health 4 Muslims, a website giving spiritual and clinical voices on mental-health issues. 2

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    Hamza Yusuf

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    Hamza Yusuf

    Sources

    1. Hosai Mojaddidi — MCC East Bay event biography
    2. Hosai Mojaddidi — official website, About
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    islam.museum contributors. “Hosai Mojaddidi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hosai-mojaddidi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.

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    Hamza Yusuf

    American Muslim scholar born in 1958 as Mark Hanson in Washington State. He converted to Islam in 1977, studied the Islamic sciences for a decade in the Emirates, North Africa and Mauritania, and in 1996 co-founded the Zaytuna Institute, which became Zaytuna College in Berkeley — the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the United States. His translations, books and lectures reach a wide English-speaking audience.