The Muslim Students' Association at Vanderbilt presents their keynote speaker for Islam Awareness Week, Imam Siraj Wahhaj. This renowned Muslim scholar will be giving the lecture "Islam: War and Peace" on Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Student Life Center Ballroom (Google map of this location).


Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Imam of Masjid Taqwa in New York is well known among Muslims in North America as a dynamic speaker and tireless supporter of Islamic causes.

Imam Siraj Wahhaj, currently the Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa in Brookyn, New York, accepted Islam in 1969. He received Imam training at Ummul Qura University of Makkah in 1978 and has gone on to become a national and international speaker on Islam.

Imam Wahhaj has been Vice President of ISNA U.S. since 1997 and has served on Majlis Ash-Shura since 1987. He is the Amir for Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA). He is a past member of ISNA's Planning Committee and has served as a member of the Board of Advisors for NAIT from 1989-1993. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the American Muslim Council.

For more information on Islam Awareness Week, please visit the Muslim Students' Association website at www.vanderbilt.edu/msa. You may also email: emadaldine.a.elsamadicy@vanderbilt.edu, hassan.atassi@vanderbilt.edu, or  mohsinah.usmani@vanderbilt.edu.