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PREACHING
Sunday, August 2
11:00 AM

Imam Genghis Khan

Muslim Student Advisor 
Union College, Schenectady, NY

Sermon: “The Voice of the Prophets”

Genghis Khan has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering with B.S. minors in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has been with GE Global Research since 1991 where he’s currently a Senior Principal Engineer. Consistent with the “Renaissance-style” scholarship, he is also educated in The Qur’an and its interpretation, Textual Analysis in Qur’anic Arabic, Hadith Methodology, and the Principles & Branches of Islamic Jurisprudence.

Since 1995, he has been the Imam at the Schenectady County Jail and a consultant on Islamic issues to several jails in surrounding counties. He has been speaking on Islam and Muslims over the past thirty years at various religious, interfaith, educational, and corporate venues. Since 1999, he’s taught an advanced Arabic and Islamic Studies class to teenagers at the Islamic Center of the Capital District. From 2002-2011 he had served on the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, being its Chair for the latter half of that period. From 2003-2006 he served on the Interfaith Community of Schenectady’s Council and received the James Stamper Community Service Award in 2009. From 2010-2016 he served on the Board of Directors of Bethesda House – a key homelessness prevention organization in Schenectady in capacities as Treasurer and culminating as Board President. Since 2015, he’s been the Adviser to the Muslim Students Association at Union.

His main Islamic perspectives can be summarized as the foundational prevalence of the definitive Qur’anic Principles of Monotheism, Universal Justice, Kindness/Compassion, Generosity, and the avoidance of their opposites. This invariably leads to more emphasis on values-based spirituality rather than just dogma and rituals; is kept alive by continuous interpretation of the Qur’an as opposed to an imitation of previous historical/cultural interpretations. These perspectives then lead to joining hands with all those in the world that seek Justice/Fairness/Equality/Inclusion, Kindness/Compassion, and Generosity; and will work together to peacefully achieve them for all.