Islamic Studies

YO NYC! YOU READY FOR SUHAIB WEBB?

by Suhaib Webb
September 4, 2008
1 min read

Asalamu alaykum,

Muslim American society NYC chapter is proud to announce Suhaib Webb’s visit to NYC (lectures, talks and qiyams). Stay tuned for updates, but for now here’s something to wet your appetite!

MPAC-ICNYU ELECTION FORUM 2008

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 -11:30 AM TO 2 PM

The Kimmel Center at New York University
E & L Auditorium, 4th Floor
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join the Muslim Public Affairs Council – New York City and the Islamic Center at New York University for a discussion featuring:

Congressman Keith Ellison (D- MN)
Safiya Ghori- MPAC Government Relations Director
and Imam Suhaib Webb -Islamic Scholar and Activist

Co-Sponsors:
MAS- Muslim American Society
Council on American Islamic Relations -NY
The Malcolm X & Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
The Muslim Bar Association of New York
Women in Islam

www.virtualmosque.com

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About the author

Suhaib Webb

Suhaib Webb is a contemporary American-Muslim educator, activist, and lecturer. His work bridges classical and contemporary Islamic thought, addressing issues of cultural, social and political relevance to Muslims in the West. After converting to Islam in 1992, Webb left his career in the music industry to pursue his passion in education. He earned a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and received intensive private training in the Islamic Sciences under a renowned Muslim Scholar of Senegalese descent. Webb was hired as the Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, where he gave khutbas (sermons), taught religious classes, and provided counselling to families and young people; he also served as an Imam and resident scholar in communities across the U.S.

From 2004-2010, Suhaib Webb studied at the world’s preeminent Islamic institution of learning, Al-Azhar University, in the College of Shari`ah. During this time, after several years of studying the Arabic Language and the Islamic legal tradition, he also served as the head of the English Translation Department at Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah.

Outside of his studies at Al-Azhar, Suhaib Webb completed the memorization of the Quran in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He has been granted numerous traditional teaching licenses (ijazat), adhering to centuries-old Islamic scholarly practice of ensuring the highest standards of scholarship. Webb was named one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in 2010.

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