Imam Siraj Wahhaj: The Quintessential American-Muslim Leader | Dr. Altaf Husain
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 16/10/2018

Dr. Altaf Husain talks about the deep legacy in Imam Siraj Wahhaj, the American-Muslim through who we can see Islam in America lived. 

Watch others guests who spoke at this MCC event "In the Footsteps of Giants" like Imam Omar Suleiman, Imam Mohamed Magid, Dr. Yasir Qadhi, and Dr. Rania Awaad: https://mcceastbay.org/footsteps 

Dr. Altaf spoke at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Altaf Husain is a native of Cleveland, Ohio; and a double alumnus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, having earned his BSc in biomedical engineering and his MS in social work. He received his PhD in social work from Howard University in Washington, DC. Dr. Husain’s research interests include the mental health and integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especially Muslim adolescents, in the United States. He serves as the vice president of ISNA, member of the board of directors of MSA National, and an advisory board member of the Peaceful Families Project- dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence. His past service to the community includes serving as a two-term national president of the MSA and an executive committee member of the Muslim Alliance in North America. Dr. Husain and his family reside in Northern Virginia.

Imam Siraj Wahhaj is a globally recognized Islamic leader who graduated from the Umm Al-Qura University of Makkah in 1978. Imam Wahhaj has served on Majlis Ash-Shura since 1987 and was the former vice president of the Islamic Society of North America. He is a past member of ISNA’s Planning Committee and has served as a member of the Board of Advisors for NAIT from 1989 to 1993. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the American Muslim Council. Imam Wahhaj has appeared on several national television talk shows and interviews especially about his anti-drug campaigns. He received high praises from the media and NYPD for initiating anti-drug patrol in Brooklyn, New York in 1988. Imam Wahhaj was the first person to give an Islamic invocation to the United States Congress. His messages are rooted in hope, faith, and the power of redemption.

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