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Yahya Hendi

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Imam Yayha Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, the first American university to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain. A consistent advocate for interfaith understanding, Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders and Imams for Universe, Dignity, Human Rights and Dialogue. He holds a master's degree in comparative religions from Hartford Seminary and is currently working on his Ph.D. in comparative religion at Georgetown.

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