Tom Facchine

United States · Imam, instructor, Research Director of Islam and Society at Yaqeen Institute

Tom Facchine is an American imam and writer. He graduated with a BA in political science from Vassar College in 2011 and spent 2015 to 2020 in Madinah, where he earned a BA from the Faculty of Shariah at the Islamic University of Madinah.

He teaches Qur’anic exegesis and Islamic history at Legacy International Online High School.

At Yaqeen Institute he serves as Research Director of Islam and Society. His work concentrates on Islamic political thought and on critical analysis of modern ideologies, and he hosts and appears in a number of the Institute’s video programmes.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Biography sources: yaqeeninstitute.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Articles & essays 6

ESSAY 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Does Thanksgiving Make a Mockery of Gratitude?

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Does Thanksgiving Make a Mockery of Gratitude?. 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/does-thanksgiving-make-a-mockery-of-gratitude-essay. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-does-thanksgiving-make-a-mockery-of-gratitude-essay

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ESSAY 2024 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Going Back to Dates and Milk: Palestinian Resistance and Living with Less

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Going Back to Dates and Milk: Palestinian Resistance and Living with Less. 2024. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/going-back-to-dates-and-milk-palestinian-resistance-and-living-with-less-essay. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-going-back-to-dates-and-milk-palestinian-resistance-and-living

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ESSAY 2024 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Intersectionality and Palestine Solidarity: Why Muslims Need to Lead the Gaza Protests

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Intersectionality and Palestine Solidarity: Why Muslims Need to Lead the Gaza Protests. 2024. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/intersectionality-and-palestine-solidarity-why-muslims-need-to-lead-the-gaza-protests-essay. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-intersectionality-and-palestine-solidarity-why-muslims-need-to-lead-the

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ESSAY 2024 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Is Voting Haram? The Islamic Ruling on Elections

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Is Voting Haram? The Islamic Ruling on Elections. 2024. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/is-voting-haram-the-islamic-ruling-on-elections-essay. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-is-voting-haram-the-islamic-ruling-on-elections-essay

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ESSAY 2025 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Faith and Politics in the West: When Absence is the Right Move

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Faith and Politics in the West: When Absence is the Right Move. 2025. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/faith-and-politics-in-the-west-when-absence-is-the-right-move-essay. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-faith-and-politics-in-the-west-when-absence-is-the

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ARTICLE 2025 · English · Yaqeen Institute (blog)

The Politics of Representation: What Mamdani’s Victory Means for Muslims in America and Beyond Gauze, Prayers, and Healing Wounds: Finding Strength from Grief for Gaza

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. The Politics of Representation: What Mamdani’s Victory Means for Muslims in America and Beyond Gauze, Prayers, and Healing Wounds: Finding Strength from Grief for Gaza. 2025. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/blog/the-politics-of-representation-what-mamdanis-victory-means-for-muslims-in-america-and-beyond. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-the-politics-of-representation-what-mamdanis-victory-means-for-muslims

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PAPER 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute

Are All Religions the Same? Islam and the False Promise of Perennialism

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Facchine, Tom. Are All Religions the Same? Islam and the False Promise of Perennialism. 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/are-all-religions-the-same-islam-and-the-false-promise-of-perennialism. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tom-facchine/#yq-are-all-religions-the-same-islam-and-the-false-promise

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