Instructors

Our Instructors

Tawfique Chowdhury

Tawfique Chowdhury

Sheikh Tawfique Chowdhury is the Chairman and CEO of Mercy Mission. He has, from an early age, excelled in academic studies, consistently being awarded prizes and accolades for his various achievements. Sheikh...

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Alaa Elsayed

Alaa Elsayed

Sheikh Alaa was born in Cairo and lived in Egypt until he was 15 years old. During his youth, he spent his time as the goalie for the Junior National Team and moved to Toronto, Canada, in the late 1970’s. Sh...

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Bilal Ismail

Bilal Ismail

Sheikh Bilal Ismail was born in Durban, South Africa. He is one of three siblings and comes from a religious deobandi tableeghi family. He memorized the Qurʾan while studying at school and went on to complete...

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Sajid Ahmed Umar

Sajid Ahmed Umar

Sheikh Sajid was born in Leicester, UK. He attended primary and secondary school and college in Harare (Zimbabwe), where he studied IT and obtained a first class degree. Having memorised the Qurʾan at the age ...

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Yahya Ibrahim

Yahya Ibrahim

Yahya Ibrahim is Canadian by birth & education, Egyptian through a rich ancestry, Turkish via the blessing of marriage to Songul and Australian by Choice of residence and migration.Since his early teens Yahya h...

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Abu Abdissalam

Abu Abdissalam

Abu Abdissalam was born in Coventry and was raised in London. Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the City University in London, his zeal for knowledge led him to give up a subsequent...

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Daood Butt

Daood Butt

Sheikh Daood Butt was born and raised in Montreal, Canada.  He has always had a desire to learn and teach Islam.  Following secondary studies, he obtained a degree in Automotive Technology and was nominated a...

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Karim AbuZaid

Karim AbuZaid

Imam Karim Abuzaid is the imam of Colorado Islamic Society. His studies are concentrated in Fundamentals of Islam and Quranic and Hadith Sciences. Imam Karim is a Hafiz Al-Qur'an, having committed the complete...

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Mohammed Cheppih

Mohammed Cheppih

Ustadh Mohammed Cheppih was born in Morocco, into a family in which religious studies held great significance, and in a country where memorisation of the Qurʾan is part of daily life. His ancestors were his gr...

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Tariq Appleby

Tariq Appleby

Tariq Appleby was born and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. His family background is a mix of Malay, Indian and European descent; his great grandfather was English. After completing High school Tariq attend...

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Hacene Chebbani

Hacene Chebbani

Sheikh Hacene Chebbani was born in Algeria and has been living in Canada for the last 13 years. In 1993 he graduated in Sharīʿah (BA) from the Islamic University of Madinah with a grade of excellence. While t...

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Hamza Tzortzis

Hamza Tzortzis

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is an international public speaker on Islam. He is a writer, having authored articles, essays and commentaries on political philosophy, the philosophy of religion and society. Ustadh Hamz...

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Abdurrahmann Murad

Abdurrahmann Murad

Sheikh Abdurrahmann was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada.  He completed high school and a number of IT courses there and pursued his Islamic studies at Imam University, Riyadh, completing his Arabic and Sh...

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Ehsan Abdullah

Ehsan Abdullah Hannan studied Arabic and Sharīʿah at the Islamic University of Madinah in the early nineties. There he studied ḥadīth and fiqh under Sheikh Muhammad al-Mukhtār al-Shinqīṭī and his stud...

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Furqan Jabbar

Furqan Jabbar

Furqan Jabbar was born in Melbourne, Australia. Upon completing high school in Melbourne he studied Arabic and Islamic studies for one year in Karachi, Pakistan. In 2002, he completed a diploma in Arabic studi...

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Imtiyaz Damiel

Imtiyaz Damiel

Abu Abd Allah Imtiyaz Damiel was born in Blackburn, England, and is married with two children. He completed five years of an Alim training course as well as his A-levels in Blackburn, and then went on to comple...

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Ismail Davids

Ismail Davids

Abu Muneer Ismail Davids is an active speaker and community contributor from Sydney, Australia who specialises in the pillar of Hajj. He was born in South Africa and moved to Australia where he resides with his...

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Chakil Omarjee

Chakil Omarjee

Sheikh Chakil Omarjee est né au Port, sur l‘ile de la Réunion, issu d’une famille versée dans les sciences religieuses, il commença son parcours par les cours de mémorisation du Saint Qur'an à la mad...

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Mohammad Patel

Mohammad Patel

Sheikh Mohammed Patel est né à Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, son parcours commence comme celui de nombreux jeunes réunionnais sur le chemin de la médersa de sa ville natale, où il s’initie à l'apprentis...

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Mustafa Kastit

Mustafa Kastit

Sheikh Mustafa Kastit est né à Bruxelles en Belgique ; sa famille, originaire du Maroc, attache une grande importance à la formation religieuse qui est devenu une tradition familiale, qui se répète de gé...

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Rachid Haddach

Rachid Haddach

Sheikh Rachid Haddach est un enseignant, prédicateur et conférencier, originaire de Belgique, il intervient dans de nombreuses conférences dans le monde francophone depuis plus de 20 ans. Très tôt, il s'...

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Ibrahim Mulla

Ibrahim Mulla

Sheikh Ibrahim Mulla est né à St Denis, à l’ile de la Réunion. Il commence son parcours religieux par la mémorisation du Saint Qour'an auprès de son père et son oncle, lui-même Hafizoul Qour’an. Ti...

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