ISLAMIC BELIEFS - Key Persons

Dr Ali Alsamail grew up and lives in Sydney, Australia. His Islamic studies qualifications include a Bachelor degree through the eHawza program and a Masters degree in Islamic Studies through the Islamic College, London. His passion is teaching youth about Islam and he has been involved in weekend Islamic schools teaching and curriculum development in Sydney and online since 2008. He works as a Medical Practitioner in Sydney, and graduated from medical school in 2009.

Nabi Raza Abidi was born in Alipur, India. He moved to Iran at the age of 14 to pursue Islamic studies, He spent the first two years in Najafabad, and then spent 14 years in Qom where he studied at Hujjatiyyah, Fayḍiyyah, and the Institute of Imām Jaʿfar aṣ-Ṣādiq under Ayatollah Ja'far Subḥanī. Concurrently, he earned his PhD from the University of Tehran. In 2002, Maulana Abidi moved to San Jose, CA to serve as the Resident ʿĀlim of SABA Islamic Center. He is the founder of Al-Kisa Foundation and its subsidiaries, including Islamic Beliefs.

Since completing his studies, Shaykh Kulayni has served as the resident Alim of Islamic Centers in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Tampa, Florida. He has also held the post of Islamic school principal, given lectures across America, written multiple articles on Islam, and published 3 books.

Born in Fort Rae, North West Territories to parents from Uganda, Africa, Shaykh Saleem grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. After completing his post-secondary education at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), he and his wife moved to Medina, New York to study in the Imam al-Asr Theological Seminary. Shortly thereafter, they shifted to Qom to continue religious studies in the Theological Seminary of Qom.

Sister Sabika Mithani was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Having spent more than a decade in the Hawza (Islamic Seminary), she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies from Jamatuz Zahra, followed by two Masters, one in Qurʾanic Science from Jamatuz Zahra and the other in Islamic Theology and Philosophy from Jamatul Mustafa. Sister Sabika presently resides in the Bay Area, where she serves Al-Kisa Foundation.