Surkheel Sharif
Surkheel Sharif Shaykh Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) is an imam, author, translator, and Director of The Jawziyyah Institute. Abu Aaliyah has studied the Islamic sciences (theology, law, and spirituality) with a number of scholars, and has been involved in Islamic teaching both in the UK and abroad since the late 1980s. He has authored a […]
Shibli Zaman
Shibli Zaman Shibli Zaman is a writer from Texas with a background in Semitic linguistics and philology who spent 4 years studying Islam overseas. Literate in Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, he received a Gold Medal from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK for Bible prowess. He studied Computer Science from the University of Houston […]
Sharif Randhawa
Sharif Randhawa Sharif Randhawa completed his Bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Washington in 2018 and his Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago in 2021. His interests include the literary composition of the Qur’an and the Qur’an’s engagement with biblical and extra-biblical traditions.
Sh. Mowlid Ali
Sh. Mowlid Ali Imam Mowlid graduated from Mishkah University with a Bachelors and Masters in Sharia. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate degree. He is the Imam of Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman in Durham, North Carolina. A Hafidh of the Quran, he is also the founder of Al-Misbah Quran Academy and has been an avid teacher […]
Sh. Jamaal Diwan
Sh. Jamaal Diwan Shaykh Jamaal Diwan was born and raised in Southern California to parents from Newfoundland, Canada and Pakistan. He grew up playing basketball and listening to Hip Hop before accepting Islam in 2003 while at University of California San Diego. After completing his degree in Third World Studies from UCSD, he moved to […]
Sh. Hamza Karamali
Sh. Hamza Karamali Hamza Karamali earned his BASc And MASc in Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, after which he moved abroad to study the Islamic sciences full-time in private one-on-one settings with distinguished traditional scholars in Kuwait, UAE, and Jordan, reading and memorizing traditional works in all of the Islamic sciences, and earning […]
Sh. Belal Assaad
Sh. Belal Assaad Sh. Bilal Assad was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia. He started his Islamic studies at a very early age and acquired his Shariah knowledge in Lebanon; and continued tertiary education in Bio-Medical Science in Australia. Sh. Bilal has been offering his service to the community for many years and has been working […]
Sh. Ammar Alshukry
Sh. Ammar Alshukry Sh. Ammar AlShukry is from Sudan via Queens New York. He holds dual Bachelor degrees in Islamic Studies and Marketing, and is currently a Director at AlMaghrib Institute and an Imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center. He is the author of the poetry collection “What the Pen Wrote: The Collected Poems of Ammar […]
Sh. Ahmad Saleem
Sh. Ahmad Saleem Ustadh Ahmad Saleem studied the majority of the Qur’an with Tafseer and root word analysis under Dr. Farhat Hashmi. He then moved to Edmonton, Canada, where he became a sought out speaker and khateeb, and translated lectures for visiting scholars from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. He pursued classical Islamic studies in the […]
Safiah Chowdhury
Safiah Chowdhury BA(H) in Political Studies & Global Development Studies from Queen’s University. MPhil in Islamic Studies & History from the University of Oxford. She has held leadership positions in various Muslim organizations and has appeared in a number of print, radio, and television media. Safiah currently works in social policy, research, and development with […]
Rhamis Kent
Rhamis Kent Rhamis Kent is a consultant with formal training in mechanical engineering (University of Delaware, B.S.M.E. ’95) and permaculture-based regenerative whole systems design serving as a registered certified Permaculture Design instructor with PRI Australia. He is a former co-director of the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). Rhamis has taught Permaculture Design (formal Certification and short Intensive […]
Nuriddeen Knight
Nuriddeen Knight Nuriddeen Knight completed an MA in psychology with a focus on child and family from Columbia University. Alongside her academic degree, she studied traditional Islamic knowledge including Islamic law, theology, spirituality and prophetic biography with local scholars and in the majalis in Amman, Jordan. She is the author of 40 Hadith of Our Mother […]
Najiba Akbar
Najiba Akbar Najiba is a chaplain and life coach who has been serving the Greater Boston Muslim community in various capacities for the past 20 years. She received her B.A. in Peace and Justice Studies from Wellesley College and her Masters in Social Work from Boston College. She received her coaching certification at the Associate […]
Mufti Muntasir Zaman
Mufti Muntasir Zaman Mufti Muntasir Zaman graduated from the ʿĀlimiyyah program of the Madrasah ʿArabiyyah Islāmiyyah in South Africa. He then completed the Iftā program and a course specializing in the field of Hadīth. He holds an MA in Islamic Studies from the Markfield Institute of Higher Education in Leicester, England. Currently, he is a […]
Mufti Faraz Adam
Mufti Faraz Adam Strategy, Policy, and Research in-house scholar at the National Zakat Foundation in the UK, completed his Islamic studies in the six-year Alimiyyah degree at Darul Uloom Leicester, and specialized in Islamic law and Islamic finance at Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah, Durban, South Africa. He graduated as a jurisconsult (Mufti) in 2012, accredited with […]
Mobeen Vaid
Mobeen Vaid Mobeen Vaid is a Muslim public intellectual and writer who focuses on how traditional Islamic frames of thinking intersect the modern world, including the topic of Islamic sexual and gender norms. He completed his Masters in Islamic Studies at Hartford Seminary, and has published articles on MuslimMatters and his Medium website, Occasional Reflections. […]
Mikaeel Ahmed Smith
Mikaeel Ahmed Smith Imam Mikaeel Ahmed Smith is an instructor at Qalam Seminary in Dallas, Texas and has a Degree in Islamic Studies from Dar ul-Uloom Canada in Chatham, Ontario. He is passionate about meeting the needs of Muslim converts, building Islamic literacy among youth, and striving for social justice. He recently published his first […]
Meve Nursoy-Demir
Meve Nursoy-Demir Meve Nursoy-Demir is a member of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health Lab. She obtained her BA degrees in Psychology and History as well as her MA in Clinical Psychology in Turkey.
Menahal Begawala
Menahal Begawala Menahal Begawala is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who is inspired by her clients as they heal, grow, and develop resilience through adversity. Menahal is passionate about bringing about awareness of mental, emotional, and physical wellness through an Islamic lens to the community through lectures and workshops. Menahal has received marriage counseling training […]
Maryam Sultan
Maryam Sultan Maryam Sultan is a resident physician in Houston, TX. She earned Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from New York University. She went on to pursue a medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and is now in the midst of residency training in the field of Physical […]