Yaser birjas biography

My name is Yaser Birjas. I am currently the Imam at Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Dallas Texas and an instructor at AlMaghrib Institute. 

I started my career in Electronic Engineering back in 1988 in the UAE, then in Madinah where I  graduated as class valedictorian with the highest honors from The Islamic University of Madinah’s College of Shariah (Islamic Law and Jurisprudence) in 1996.

I later on earned my masters degree in adult education and training from the University of Phoenix in the spring of 2013.

Helping people was and still is a passion for me. I have worked on the ground from a very young  age as a relief program aide and humanitarian to rebuild the war-torn Bosnia before migrating to the US.

And since coming to the US over two decades ago I served as an Imam and religious leader at El Paso TX and Orland Park, IL before settling as the Imam and religious director for the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving TX. 

My academic training in Islamic