Ustadh Majed Mahmoud

Al-Maghrib Institute Instructor

Ustadh Majed is the first graduate of AlMaghrib Institute to become one of its instructors. He has completed a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Jurisprudence & Legal Theory from Al-Madinah International University. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Wayne State University.

Mufti Sulaiman Yusufi

Scholar in Residence at Islamic Center of Mercer County

Mufti Sulaiman Yusufi was born and raised in upstate New York. He began his pursuit of knowledge at the tender age of 12 memorizing the Holy Quran at Darul Uloom Madania in Buffalo, New York. He continued to study traditional Islamic sciences under various scholars. He has received ijazah in the six most authentic books of hadeeth. Upon graduation, he was given the opportunity to enter a course in Islamic law and legal verdicts (fatwa). He completed the course in two years and received formal authorization in it as well. He has taught many courses and lectured extensively on a range of topics.

Shaykh Waleed Basyouni

Al-Maghrib Insitute Vice President

Shaykh Waleed Basyouni, PhD, is the Vice President of AlMaghrib Institute and Head of our Islamic Theology and Ethics Department. Students know him well for his sincere care for their well-being and progress in study. He graduated with a Bachelor in Islamic Sciences from Al-Imam Muhammad University (KSA), did his Master’s in Islamic Theology, World Religions and Modern Religious Sects from Al-Imam Muhammad University, and achieved a Doctorate in Theology from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Indiana.

Chaplain Kaiser Aslam

Rutgers University Chaplain

Chaplain Kaiser Aslam is the Muslim Chaplain at Rutgers University. Kaiser has studied various classical Islamic sciences in his studies within the United States and abroad and holds a Masters degree in Islamic Studies & Muslim-Christian Relations from Hartford Seminary. In addition to his work at universities, Kaiser has served as the Muslim Chaplain at Hartford Hospital and as a youth director at various Islamic centers , most recently at the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center.

Imam Suleiman Hani

Al-Maghrib Insitute Director of Academic Affairs

Imam Suleiman Hani is the Director of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, a research scholar for Yaqeen Institute, and a resident scholar in Michigan. He began his intensive studies under numerous scholars, earning dozens of traditional religious certifications in the process. He later earned a master’s degree from the University of Jordan’s College of Shari’ah, ranking first in his class, and a master’s degree from Harvard University, where he studied religions, philosophy, political science, and psychology.

Dunia Shuaib

Guided Hearts Insitute Director

Ustadha Dunia Shuaib is the director of Guided Hearts Institute, a psychoeducator, author, and internationally renowned speaker. Through a holistic and integrative approach she combines the Qurān and Sunnah, rich Islāmic tradition, Islāmic psychology and modern psychology to help educate and inspire Muslims to reach their greatest potential. She continually strives to provide high quality psycho-spiritual education in a way that is easily accessible