Imam
Dr. Sheikh Farok Alsamarai
Sheikh Farok Alsamarai is the Grand Imam of Masjid Al-Israa and the Co-founder and President of the Islamic University of Minnesota.
Biography:
Name |
Farok Abdel Majid Hamod (Alsamarai) |
Date of Birth |
July 21, 1957 |
Place of Birth |
Samaraa (Iraq) |
Education |
PhD in Da’awa and Education from the Islamic University in Al-Medina, Saudi Arabia |
Work Triumphs |
- Nine years as Chairman of the Department of Religion Fundamentals and President of the Department of Higher Islamic Education at Al-Yarmook University, Jordan.
- Twelve years of teaching higher Islamic education subjects in several Islamic Universities within United States
- Reviewed and supervised more than sixty PhD and MS Dissertations.
- Co-founder and President of the Islamic University of Minnesota, and the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota.
- Author of over five books and over ten research papers related to Islamic Education and Thinking.
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Honors:
Awards |
Received the Medal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the excellence charity works that was granted by King Hussein Bin Talal (King of the Kingdom of Jordan) in 1997. |
Website
WWebSitemasjidalisraa.org |
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