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SCHOLARLY
SOUTH AFRICA
hendricks, sheikh seraj
Hendricks is the Mufti of Cape Town. He is a leading scholar on Sufism in South Africa, and a
patron of Dome Publications. He is seen as one of the highest authorities on Islamic scholarship
for South Africa’s large and affluent Muslim population.
moosa, prof. ebrahim
Moosa is a scholar of Islam at Duke and Stanford universities, he wrote for Arabia: The Islamic
World Review, MEED (Middle East Economic Digest), later becoming a political writer for the
Cape Times in South Africa
CENTRAL AMERICA
EL SALVADOR
qattan, dr ahmad
Qattan is a Muslim convert from Palestinian origins. He is the co-founder of the Arab Islamic
Center in Salvador. Qattan has been an educator and da’wa activist for the past 17 years, and
has published more than 100,000 copies of a book introducing Islam, which has been read by an
estimated 250,000 people.
MEXICO
rojas, isa
Rojas is a da’wa activist and author of numerous articles about Islam in Spanish and French. He is
also a student of religion at Al Madina University, Saudi Arabia. Around 4 million people or more
have read his articles and translations that are published on various Islamic websites. He is one of
the writers and editors at Islamweb.net.
SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
garcia, prof. muhammad isa
Garcia was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied Arabic language and Islamic studies and
theology at Umm Al Qura University in Mecca. He is a specialist in the origins of prophetic traditions.
Garcia has translated numerous books, with many only available to a Spanish-speaking
readership in his translation. He is also the author of a series named ‘Know Islam.’
CHILE
torres, sheikh ismail
Ismail Torres is a distinguished sheikh and da’wa activist in Chile. The Muslim community in Chile
remains a small but growing pocket in South America, with communities particularly in Santiago,
Temuco and Iquique.
COLOMBIA
al colombi, dawood abdl ghafur
Al Colombi is one of the most well respected Muslim scholars in Colombia. He is the most active
and influential da’wa activist in Colombia, being present at the conversions of over 1000 people.
He is the founder of a mosque in the city of Pereira and of the Centro Cultural Islamico Colombian’s
da’wa project. He hosts conferences and awareness lectures for Muslims and non-Muslims,
and he is acknowledged for his talent for conveying the principles of Islam to non-Muslims. He is
also the author of several articles in Spanish and has created the only library of Islamic books in
Colombia.
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