Br Aatif Abdul-Qadeer was born and raised in Southern California. After living without Islam for the beginning part of his life, he rediscovered it in high school, at the age of fifteen, and began actively studying and working for it.

Since then, he has made his life's passion to work for Islam, and to help inspire the youth with a love for it For the past twelve years he has led youth groups, given lectures, held dawah programs, organized protests and teach-ins, and planned Islamic workshops, camps, and conferences.

He has served on the board of Muslim Student organizations seven times since his sophomore year in high school, and was the president of MSA-West (a coalition of MSAs across the west coast) along with numerous other Islamic organizations.

Br Aatif graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Political Science/Pre-Law. Currently, he is finishing up his Master of Business Administration (MBA) through the W.P. Carey program at Arizona State University. He has traveled to Egypt to study Arabic and Qur'an, and hopes to one day continue his education in Arabic and Islamic studies overseas.

Br Aatif previously worked as a Youth Director for the Islamic Society of Milwaukee for a period of two years. Upon returning to California, he continued working with the youth in his community and traveling throughout the United States giving speeches aimed towards the vision of reviving the Islamic spirit within our youth. Now, he has joined our community with the hopes of furthering that mission through the introduction of new youth programs, and the development of existing ones.

We will post Br Aatif's office hours as soon as he settles into his new job as Youth Director at the Islamic Center of Raleigh. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions, please contact him via email at aatif.aqadeer@gmail.com