English Faculty

 Abdelrahman Badawy, MA Candidate

• MA Candidate in Islamic Studies, Mishkah University
• BA in Islamic Law and Legal Theory, Umm al Qura University
• Associate in Arabic Language, Umm al Qura University View Bio

 Abdullah Ashraf, MA 

• MA in Comparative Fiqh, Islamic University of Madinah
• BA in Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic University of Madinah

 Ahmad Al-Saiid, PhD

• PhD in Islamic Studies, School of Languages and Translation, Al-Azhar University.
• MA in Islamic Studies, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS), University of Arizona
• BA, School of Languages and Translation, Division of Islamic Studies in English, Al-Azhar University. View Bio

Ahmed Khater, PhD (Emeritus)

• PhD in Islamic Law and Legal Theory, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
• MA in Islamic Law and Legal Theory, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
• MA in Islamic Studies, Islamic University of Minnesota
• BA in Legal Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• BA in Islamic Sciences and Arabic Language, Al-Azhar University View Bio

 Attia Abdul-Aal, PhD

• PhD in English Language Teaching, University of Warwick, UK
• MPhil in Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK
• MA in Curriculum and Instruction (TEFL), Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University
• BA in English Literature and Education, Al-Azhar University

 David Solomon Jalajel, PhD

• PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• MA in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
• Higher Specialisations in Arabic Language and in Islamic Law (BA Honours equivalent), Dar al-`Uloom, Western Cape, South Africa
• Degree in Islamic Law (BA equivalent), Dar al Uloom
• Diploma in Arabic, Arabic Language Institute, University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia
• BSc in Business Administration, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD View Bio

 Giovanni Herran, PhD Candidate

• PhD Candidate, Religion, Temple University
• MA in History, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
• Classical Arabic, 6 Levels, Fajr Institute, Cairo, Egypt
• BA in Political Science and B.A in Spanish Literature, Queens College (CUNY) View Bio

 Hamzah Raza, PhD Candidate

• PhD in Religious Studies Candidate, University of Cape Town
• Alimiyyah Program Student, Al-Azhar University Seminary
• Master of Theological Studies (Islamic Studies Concentration), Harvard Divinity School
• BA in Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University View Bio

 Haroon Baqai, DM

• Doctorate in Management, University of Maryland
• MSc in Management, University of Maryland
• BSc in Computer Science, University of Maryland
• Quran Recitation Ijazah with Shaikh Mohammad Haqqan, Jeddah, Saudia Arabia. View Bio

 Jaan Islam, PhD

• PhD, Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh
• MA, Political Science, University of British Columbia
• BSc, Islamic Studies, Mishkah University
• BA, Political Science and Religion, Dalhousie University View Bio

 Joe Bradford, PhD Candidate

• PhD Candidate, Islamic Law and Revealed Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia
• Certified Shariah Adviser and Auditor, AAOIFI
• Certified Financial Planner Program, Rice University
• Master of Islamic Law, Binoria International University
• Master of Islamic Law, University of Medina
• Bachelor of Law and Islamic Studies, University of Medina View Bio

 Justin R. Parrott, MRes, MSc (Emeritus)

• Master of Research in Islamic Studies, University of Wales Trinity St David
• M.S in Library and Information Science, Kent State University
• Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ohio State University
• BA in Physics, Otterbein University
• BA in English, Otterbain University View Bio

 Mohamed Hagag Saber, MA

• MA in in Islamic Studies (Hadith and Oriental Studies), Al-Azhar University
• MA in Education candidate, Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University
• Teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers courses, Al-Azhar University Qiraat Institute, Al-Azhar University
• BA in Islamic Studies in English, Faculty of Language and Translation, Al-Azhar University View Bio

Mohammad Badawy, B.A

• BA in Shariah at Umm Al Qura University,
• BA in Health Science and Nutrition, Brooklyn College, and completed
• AA in Applied Sciences AA in Arabic Language View Bio

Mohammad Elshinawy, BA (Emeritus)

• BA in English Literature, Brooklyn College, NYC
• BA in Islamic Studies, Mishkah University
• Coursework, College of Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah View Bio

 Muhammad Said Alrahawan, PhD

• PhD in Hadith, Al-Azhar University
• MA in Hadith Sciences, Al-Azhar University, BA in Islamic Studies, Faculty of Language and Translation, Al-Azhar University. View Bio

  Muhammad Salah, PhD (Emeritus)

• PhD in Islamic Studies, Graduate Theological Foundation
• BA in Sharia, Al-Azhar University
• Four Year Diploma, Muslim Arts and Arabic Calligraphy View Bio

 Muthanna AlKhaldi, PhD

• PhD in Arabic Linguistics, University of Baghdad
• MA in Syntax of the Quran, Iraqi Islamic University
• BA in Arabic Language Studies View Bio

 Mir Rizwan Ali, EdD

• Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Creighton University
• MA in Curriculum and Instruction, St Xavier University
• BA in Social Science with minor in Secondary Education, Benedictine University
• BA in Islamic Law (Sharia), Al-Azhar University View Bio

 Said Fares Ahmed Hassan, PhD

• PhD, Islamic Studies, UCLA
• M.Phil, ISIM (International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World)
• MA Degree (Cum Laude), Islamic Studies, Leiden University
• BA Degree (With Honors), Islamic Studies in English, Al-Azhar University

 Saleem Masadeh, PhD

• PhD, Computer Science, New Mexico University
• MSc, Jordan University of Science and Technology
• BSc, Yarmouk University

 Sarah Sultan, MA (Emeritus)

• M.A in Mental Health Counseling, City University of New York, Brooklyn College
• BS in Psychology and Biology, CUNY Macaulay Honors College. View Bio

 Shoaib Ahmed Malik, PhD

• Alimmiyah in Islamic Studies, Al Balagh Academy
• Phd in Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham
• MSc in Philosophy, Science and Religion, University of Edinburgh
• Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, University of Bath View Bio

 Tahir Wyatt, PhD

• PhD in Theology, Islamic University of Medinah, KSA
• MA in Aqeedah
• BA in the Science of Hadith and Islamic Studies
• Associate in Arabic View Bio

 Tarek Hussein, PhD

• PhD in Physical Therapy, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, TX
• MA in Sociology, University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
• MSc in Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt
• BSc in Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt

 Zehra Hazratji, MA

• MA in Contemporary Fiqh, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
• BA in Sharia, Al-Azhar University
• BA in Islamic Studies, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts View Bio