Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb

Areas of Expertise

leadership, community organizing, electrical engineering

Biography

Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb serves as a Senior Fellow at Yaqeen Institute. He previously served as imam of the Islamic Association of Raleigh and Dean of Administration at Boston Islamic Seminary. His studies combine Islamic scholarship with science and engineering: he earned his Ph.D. and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering at MIT, following studies in physics and mathematics at the University of Maryland.

He has pursued seminary training through Cambridge Islamic College and Al-Salam Institute and studied with teachers from several Islamic scholarly traditions. His work includes lecturing, training and teaching at universities, community centers and places of worship, as well as instruction with the OakTree Institute. He brings experience in youth work, education and ministry alongside technical engineering roles in academia, government and industry. His teaching emphasizes accessible scholarship, dialogue and the relevance of religious learning to daily life.

Selected Publications and Work

Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb, Kenan Alkiek, Sh. Suleiman Hani, Dr. Mohammed Ansari, Sh. Umer Khan. "Toward an Islamic Ethics and Fiqh of Artificial Intelligence," Yaqeen Institute, 2026. Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb, Ibtihal Aboussad, Kenan Alkiek. "How Yaqeen Institute Approaches AI: Integrating Technology with Islamic Ethics," Yaqeen Institute, 2025. Dr. Mohamed AbuTaleb, Dr. Omar Husain. "Understanding the Uṣūl: The Foundation of Islamic Sciences" Yaqeen Institute, 2020. Abutaleb, Mohamed. "RF instrumentation and system design for coherent control of anisotropic hyperfine-coupled electron/nuclear spin qubits." PhD diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010.

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-522 Philosophy of the Prophetic Sīra (Makkī and Madanī)
• IRL-712 Islamic Leadership – Individual and Institutional

These are courses taught at BIS. For current academic information, explore the graduate program.