Friday, May 18, 2012
About Imam Suhaib Webb

Imam Suhaib Webb is a contemporary American Muslim activist, public speaker & community educator. After converting to Islam, Webb left his career as a DJ and studied at the University of Central Oklahoma, where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in Education. He also studied privately under a Senegalese Shaykh, to become a community leader in Oklahoma City & shortly after was hired as Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.

Imam Suhaib studied at Al-Azhar University in the College of Shari`ah, and was in charge of the English translation Department at Dar al-Ifta al-Masriyah as a Mufti. He finished his memorization of Qur'an in Mecca and holds a number licenses from traditional scholars in different sciences.

Imam Suhaib Webb strongly advocates for an articulation of American Islam that is authentic, and has leaders that are acutely aware of the issues facing Muslim Americans. In 2010 a website that he runs was nominated and won the Brass Crescent's best "Blog of the Year."

He was part of a delegation that visited Auschwitz, named by the British Government as a "Moderate Muslim leader" and was named in 2010 as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.

He currently lives in the Bay Area, California, where he works with the Muslim American Society, conducts classes for the community.

 

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  • Office of Imam Suhaib Webb
    Muslim American Society- Bay Area Chapter
    2116 Walsh Ave.,Suite B
    Santa Clara, CA 95050
    Tel: 408.320.WEBB (9322)
    Fax: 323.247.3574
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