Shaykh Omar Qureshi

As a teacher in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Omar Qureshi studied various Islamic Sciences with Shaykh Abdallah al-Kadi and Shaykh Salman Abu-Ghuddah. He continued his Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria at Ma’had al-Tahdhib wa-l-Ta’lim and privately with local Damascene scholars such as Shaykh Hussain Darwish. Currently Shaykh Omar is an upper school science teacher at Morgan Park Academy in Chicago. In addition to teaching, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education and Comparative Education at Loyola University Chicago.