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Imam
Talal Y. Eid is Founder and Executive/Religious Director of the
Islamic Institute of Boston. He is also the Muslim
chaplain at Brandeis University and at the Massachusetts General
Hospital. A native of Lebanon, he served as Imam at Al-Naaser Mosque
in Tripoli for six years and as Imam and Religious Director of the Islamic
Center of New England (MA) for 23 years.
Imam
Eid earned a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) in 1991 from Harvard Divinity
School, where he also earned his Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) in Comparative
Religion in 2005. He wrote his thesis on "Marriage, Divorce, and
Child Custody as Experienced by American Muslims: Religious, Social, and Legal
Considerations." Imam Eid also holds a degree in Islamic Law
(sharia), which he received in 1974 from Al-Azhar University in Cairo,
Egypt.
Imam Eid is a well-known Muslim scholar,
activist, and lecturer on Islam and Muslims, and on Christian, Jewish, and
Muslim relations in North America. He promotes the knowledge of Islam
through local and national radio and television programs, and through articles
published in local and national magazines. He is a marital and family therapist
and acts as an expert consultant on Islamic law, including on issues of marital
dispute, marital violence, divorce, and child custody.
Imam
Eid has served for a period of 20 years as the Chairman of Majlis
Ash-Shura (Committee on Islamic Consultation) of the Islamic Council of New
England in Massachusetts. He is
also a member of the Quincy and Boston Clergy associations. He co-chaired
the Archives for Historical
Documentation of Boston, Massachusetts. He has received
recognition awards from many local and national institutions, including
the Massachusetts State Senate; the office of the District
Attorney of Norfolk, Massachusetts; the Quincy (MA) City
Council; the Quincy Human Rights Commission, Partners in Excellence Award (MGH); and Toastmasters
International.
Commissioner Eid was
appointed by President George W. Bush.
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