Shaykh Naeem AbdulWali

Naeem Abdul Wali was born Gary Edwards in Crossville, Tennessee, USA, and grew up in Indiana. He embraced Islam while attending Purdue University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Entomology.

In 1991 he moved to Medina, Saudi Arabia, to begin a series of studies in Islamic disciplines. After two years he pursued further studies in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey under various traditional scholars including his spiritual director Sh.Mahmud Ustaosmanoglu (popularly known as Mahmud Effendi).

Since receiving his traditional certication (Ijaza) to teach the disciplines and texts he studied he has taught in the United Kingdom, Western Europe,United States, Canada and Australia.

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Ustadh Faraz Khan

Ustadh Faraz Khan has spent the last five years studying traditional Islamic sciences in Amman, Jordan. His coursework includes Islamic Law, Hadith Studies, Theology and Logic. He completed the Arabic Program at the Qasid Institute, where he taught for the last four years.

He has also taught classes for Sunnipath's on-the-ground initiative in Amman. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin.