ID#: 1446 Nov 15 : Houston : Khutbahs Around Houston

Risala Foundation's first Retreat, "Tending to the Family's Heart: Connect by Disconnecting" has been SOLD OUT Alhumdulillah!

 

For those of you could not attend this Retreat, we are pleased to offer two khutbahs in Houston with our visiting scholars, addressing key themes from the Retreat. Please be sure to attend and spread the word!
 

 

• Imam Khalid Latif at Masjid Al Salaam (Champions)
  • 16700 Old Louetta Road, Spring TX
     

IMAM TAHIR ANWAR was born in London, England, in 1978, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California in 1983. He completed the initi al studies of the Qur'an and the Arabic language nder his father, who is also a scholar of the Islamic sciences. In 1991, he traveled to Gujarat, India where he enrolled in a traditional Islamic University named Darul Uloom Falah-e-Darain (The House of Knowledge which is of benefit in both worlds). In recognition of his academic achievements at this institution in 1999, Imam Tahir was given the title of 'Aalim, which is bestowed upon a person who successfully completes the course in Islamic Theology.

 

Since 2000, Imam Tahir has been serving as the Imam (religious leader) and Director of Religious Services at the South Bay Islamic Association, located in San Jose, California. He is also the head of the Islamic Studies Department, and an Islamic Studies teacher at Granada Islamic School in nearby Santa Clara. He has also taught Hanafi fiqh at the world-renowned Zaytuna Institute (now Zaytuna College).

 

IMAM KHALID LATIF is a University Chaplain for New York University, Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU, and a Chaplain for the NYPD.

 

He was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU in 2005 where he began to initiate his vision for a pluralistic future on and off campus for American Muslims. He was also appointed the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton University in 2006. Spending a year commuting between these two excellent institutions, he finally decided to commit full-time to New York University's Islamic Center where his position was officially institutionalized in the spring of 2007. Under his leadership, the Islamic Center at NYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif's exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout the city, so much so that in 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24.