Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia is a Muslim scholar, mentor, and the founder of Darul Qasim College, an academic institution of Islamic higher education that now reaches beyond the Chicagoland area with national branches in Knoxville, Dallas, Raleigh, and the Bay Area, and has become well-known for its academic rigor, creativity and intellectual activities.

Shaykh Amin is an active advocate of the classical Sunni tradition of Islamic scholarship and a passionate promoter of traditional Islamic sciences and methodologies of teaching and learning.

He is continually engaged with a diverse following of mentees. His deep knowledge in the Islamic tradition and his aggressive engagement with contemporary issues facing everyday Muslims in the West has endeared him to young Islamic scholars and professionals all over.

Shaykh Amin is regarded internationally as an expert theologian and an authority in the fields of Islamic philosophy and theosophy. Additionally, he has authored op-eds for Al-Jazeera News, showing his engagement on global issues with a wide audience.