Founder & Director of Imam Development Program
Sheikh Bilal Ismail was born in Durban, South Africa. He is one of three siblings and comes from a religious traditional hanafi family. Sheikh Bilal is an AlKauthar Instructor as well as the head of AlKauthar Students Guild. He is the founder and Director of the Imam Development Program.
He memorized the Quran while studying at school and went on to complete high school in 1998. Sheikh Bilal then went on to do a diploma in Computer Science in 1999, as well as qualifying as a Microsoft certified systems engineer. He was accepted into the Islamic University of Madinah in 2001 where he completed his Diploma in Arabic followed by a BA in Islamic Law from the faculty of Shariah.
After graduating, he returned to South Africa where he had been teaching Fiqh and Tafsir weekly classes in Durban since the summer of 2007 and says he is “still a student of knowledge – and will always be!”
Research Director and Best-selling Author
Dr. Ali Albarghouthi received his PhD in Religious Studies in Canada. He is a former professor at the University of Saskatchewan and is currently the Director of the Institute for Muslim Research and Progress. He is also active in the field of da’wah in Canada. He has authored 2 best selling titles , Heart Therapy and This is Love, published by Dakwah Corner Bookstore Malaysia
Young Muslim Chaplain
Ustadh Hisham Abu Yusuf is completing his BA in Islamic Studies at Al Azhar University in Egypt, and a BEng in Electrical Engineering from University of Nottingham. Prior to this, he spent some years studying Arabic and the Islamic sciences traditionally in the UAE. He was the Muslim Chaplain at University of Nottingham and is the Academic Director for Roots Academy, an organisation that delivers structured essential Islamic education to university students on 25 campuses nationally.
Well-known Motivator for The Youth
Dr Mizanur Rahman is one of the most familiar Islamic scholars in Bangladesh as well as in India’s West Bengal. He graduated from Darunnajat Siddiquia Kamil Madrasa in Demra, an undergraduate degree at Al-Azhar University in Egypt from the Department of Tafsir and Quranic Science. He then, completed his post-graduation both master and PhD from the Department of Quran and Sunnah Studies of International Islamic University Malaysia.
Qualified Shariah Advisor and Youth Mentor
Sheikh Dr. Sajid Umar is a qualified Mufti and Judge, as well as an educator, author, researcher and developer, He obtained his Diploma in Arabic language and Islamic Sciences at Al Imam Islamic University and Bachelor in Sharī'ah and Master’s degree in Judiciary (Qadha), with honours, from the Higher Institute for Judiciary Studies. He has now completed his PhD in relation to Sharī'ah solutions in Financial Risk Management from the Higher Institute of Judiciary at Al-Imam University. Besides his Islamic studies, he also successfully obtains a bachelor's degree in IT business. Shaykh Sajid has played an integral part in Islamic academic development worldwide. He has authored several articles, dissertations and conducted courses on various Islamic Sciences worldwide. Currently he works as the Sharī'ah adviser for the National Waqf Fund.