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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 ...
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 ...
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York in Manhattan was one of the first purpose-built mosques and Islamic cultural centers in New York City. Islam is the third most widely professed religion in New York City, after Christianity and Judaism. [1] A 2018 study estimated that there are over 750,000 Muslims living in New York City, the largest ...
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".
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]
Daayiee Abdullah (Arabic: داعي عبد الله, born Sidney Thompson) [1] [2] is an American Imam based in Washington, D.C. [1] [3] [4] Abdullah is said to be one of five openly gay Imams in the world (the others being Muhsin Hendricks of South Africa, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed of France, El-Farouk Khaki of Toronto's el-Tawhid Juma Circle/The Unity Mosque, and Nur Warsame of Australia).
The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (Arabic: ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلشَّافِعِيّ, romanized: al-madhhab al-shāfiʿī) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. [1][2] It was founded by the Muslim scholar, jurist, and traditionist al-Shafi'i (c. 767–820 CE), "the father of Muslim jurisprudence", [3 ...
Abdul Malik Mujahid – Imam, community activist supporting interfaith and progressive causes, president of Sound Vision [ 154 ] Louay M. Safi – Muslim scholar [ 155 ] Zaid Shakir – Muslim scholar [ 156 ] Siraj Wahhaj – Muslim scholar [ 157 ] Omar Khalidi – Muslim scholar [ 158 ][ 159 ] Amir Hussain – Muslim scholar, editor of the ...