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Website. isna.net. The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a non-profit Muslim religious organization based in the United States and serving North America. It provides a number of programs and services to North America's Muslim communities and broader societies. ISNA holds an annual convention that is generally regarded as the largest ...
Omar Suleiman (imam) Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at UNRWA USA's Gaza 5k fundraising event in Dallas, Texas, 9/28/2024. Omar Suleiman (born June 3, 1986) is an American Islamic scholar and civil rights activist. He is the founding president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of Islamic studies and member of the ...
Imam (/ ɪˈmɑːm /, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study the ...
sirajwahhaj.com. Siraj Wahhaj (born Jeffrey Kearse (Arabic: سراج وهّاج), March 11, 1950) is an African-American imam of Al- Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York and the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA). [1][2] He was also the former vice-president of the Islamic Society of North America. [3]
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
The growing number of Muslims in the Detroit area in the mid-20th century sought out a religious leader from the Middle East to serve the community. [4] Imam Muhammad Chirri of Lebanon was invited to lead the newly-formed Islamic Center Foundation Society, which would later turn into the Islamic Center of Detroit, and later the Islamic Center ...
Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). [ 1 ] The Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies in its 2020 US Religion census estimated that 1.34% (or 4,453,908) of the population of the United States are Muslim. [ 2 ] In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the ...
1951 (age 72–73) Pakistan. Occupations. Author. entrepreneur. imam. producer. Abdul Malik Mujahid (born 1951) is an American imam, producer, author, and non-profit executive. Mujahid has been selected eight times as one of the "World's 500 Most Influential Muslims".