Imam Shuaib

About Imam Shuaib

         Imam Shuaib is an American Muslim Imam (religious leader)  He was born in Wisconsin, and raised in Chicago. He completed 4 years of initial studies of the Quran and Arabic Language at the Institute of Islamic Studies in Dewsbury, England. Then he travelled to Karachi, Pakistan where he enrolled in a traditional Islamic University - Dar ul Uloom (House of knowledge). There he studied Quran, Hadith and Islamic law for 5 years. His teachers include world renown scholar Sheikh Mufti Taqi Usmani.  In 1994 he completed his  course in Islamic Theology. He received formal authorization in Hadith, from his teachers.

Since 1999, Imam Shuaib has served the religious needs of the Muslim Community in Salt Lake City. Currently he is serving as Imam and Khateeb of Utah Islamic Center located in Sandy, Utah.  

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In the past Imam Shuaib has served on various panels and commissions, including:

• Muslim Chaplin at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics         
• Served on the Salt Lake City Interfaith Roundtable           
• The State of Utah Martin Luther King Human Rights Commission

Accomplishments:

• Religious editor for Iqra International Publications  
• Recipient  of the Ambassador of Peace Award  - World Peace Federation
• Recipient of Community Service Award - Utah Office of Ethnic Affairs

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