Taymullah
Abdur-Rahman

Imam Taymullah Abdur-Rahman is an educator, social entrepreneur, and prison abolitionist. He received an Islamic studies diploma in Saudi Arabia from Al Baseerah International Institute as well as licensure in Islamic theology and classical Arabic from various scholars including Mufti Yusuf Mullan and Dr. Suheil Laher. He holds a Master's in Global Interreligious Leadership from Andover Newton Theological School and is currently a doctoral candidate for Transformational Leadership at Boston University's School of Theology.

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Imam Taymullah began his career as a chaplain for the Massachusetts Department of Correction where he spent a decade teaching and counseling system-affected men. In addition, he was the first paid Muslim chaplain at Harvard University where he also taught Islamic Polity at the Divinity School and functioned as theological field education supervisor for graduate students. He has taught various courses at Tufts University, Hellenic Holy Cross, Northeastern University and Hebrew College. 

He is the author of 44 Ways to Manhood and the memoir, American Imam.