Dr. Zubair Yousif is the Chaplaincy Program Manager for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He is the agency's subject matter expert on Muslim chaplaincy, and on Thursday he is walking through what it actually takes to be hired. The degree requirements. The pastoral experience hours. The endorsement. The entry age ceiling, which almost nobody knows exists and which quietly closes the door on people who wait too long.
He is on alongside four people already doing the work. Chaplain Sondos Kholaki, hospital and police chaplain, author of Musings of a Muslim Chaplain, who also teaches chaplaincy to MDiv students. Abdul Muhaymin Priester III, MA '24, the first Tayba Scholar TISA ever admitted. Arif Rahman, a current TISA student serving as a volunteer chaplain in Hawaii correctional facilities. And Chaplain Nimao Ali, Muslim Chaplain at York University and a current TISA M.Div. student. Javeria Ahmed hosts.