Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
Jaffari Community Center (JCC)
Phone: (905) 707-0982
Email: [email protected]
Office hours at JCC:
Monday – Thursday: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Friday: After Friday Prayers until 3:00pm
Biography:
Born in India, raised in Tanzania, and presently works in Canada.
Education:
1972-1982 Islamic studies: Hawza-e ‘Ilmiyya (the Islamic Seminary),
1991 MA in History: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Positions:
1983-1991 Resident ‘Alim & Imam, Shí‘a Muslim Community of BC, Vancouver.
1991-1996 Executive Directior, Islamic Education & Information Centre, Toronto
1996- Resident ‘Alim & Imam, Ja‘fari Islamic Centre, Toronto
Authored and translated more than 15 publications such as An Explanatory Translation of the Qur’ãn in six volumes (1984-); Ritual & Spiritual Purity (1989); Marriage & Morals in Islam (1990); Making An Islamic Will (1993); Islam: Faith, Practice & History (2004); Business Ethics in Islam (2007). Some of these have been translated in Spanish, French, Italian, Kosovan, Turkish, Swahili, Urdu, Indonesian, Japanese and Farsi languages also.
He has written many articles on various Islamic topics in English, Urdu and Arabic.
He has traveled to most cities in Canada and U.S.A.; as well as to Australia, Guyana, Trinidad, United Kingdom, Dubai, Pakistan, Tanzania and Kenya for lectures.
Sr. Tahera Kassamali
Ladies Religious Advisor
Phone: 905.695.9786
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours at JCC:
Refer to www.jaffari.org/ladiesreligiousadvisor
Sr. Tahera Kassamali provides religious guidance for women based on the Islamic Shariah and Ja’fari Madhhab tenets. Originally from Kenya, Sr Tahera studied at the Islamic seminary in Iran before migrating to Canada. She has a B.A. with Honours in English literature from the University of Alberta and a B.Ed from the University of British Columbia. Sr. Tahera has worked as a teacher at the az-Zahraa Islamic Academy in Richmond B.C (2005-2006). and as the Islamic Studies Guide at the as-Sadiq Islamic school in Toronto (2008-2015). Apart from her work at ISIJ, she presently works as the Outreach coordinator and Instructor at the Academy for Learning Islam. She has also published a series of Du’a books for various occasions under Tayyiba Publishers.
Sr. Tahera has spoken at many different communities around the world and brings many years of experience as a lecturer and teacher.
Shaykh Jaffer H. Jaffer
Masumeen Islamic Center (MIC)
Phone: (647) 478-9944
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours at MIC:
Monday – Friday: 11 AM – 2 PM
Syed Saghir Hussain Shah
Razavi Community Centre (RCC)
Phone: (416) 786-7473 (cell)
Email: [email protected]
Biography:
Born in Pakistan, presently residing and working in Canada.
Education:
2019-2020 Certificate in Dispute Resolution from York University
Studied Dars-e-Kharij, Usool & Fiqh under the tutilage of Grand Ayatullahs Waheed Khurasani (h), Makaram Shirazi (h), Jaffer Subhani (h), Tafseer Ayatullah Jawadi Amoli (h), Hawza-e-Ilmiyyah-e-Qom, Iran.
2012 Masters of Tafseer and Quranic Sciences from Al-Mustafa International University Qom, Iran
2009 Degree of Hujjatul-Islam and Fadhil from Hawza-e-Ilmiyyah-e-Qom, Iran
2009 Bachelors of Jurisprudence and Islamic Sciences from Al-Mustafa International University Qom, Iran
2007 Completeed Spoken Arabic Language course from International Centre for Islamic studies Qom, Iran
2004 Completed Spoken Persian language course from Al-Mustafa International University Qom, Iran
1995-2000 Duroos-e-Hawzavy in Toronto, Canada
Syed Saghir has many certifications in various technical fields such as MS-Access-2 Programming, SQL Programming, Oracle 8 Certified DBA, Network Administration (Unix Sun Solaris), Oracle PL/SQL programming, Database Administration, Data Backup and Recovery, Performance Tuning etc . . .
Positions:
2018-Present Resident Aalim & Imam at the Razavi Community Centre, Hamilton Ontario.
2013-2015 Resident Aalim & Imam at SHIA Inc, Montreal Quebec.
He has Memorized 22 Ajza’ of the Holy Qur’an.
Syed Saghir is fluent in English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and Punjabi. He has written many articles on various Islamic topics in Persian and Arabic. He is currently working on the Tafseer of Holy Qur’an in English for youth. He has traveled to many countries around the world for lectures including Singapore, Pakistan and USA.
