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Our Imam

Shaykh Muhammad Khalid
Usman Alvi Al-Azhari

Shaykh Muhammad Khalid Usman Alvi Al-Azhari is a highly qualified Islamic scholar and a Quran Hafiz. He completed basic Islamic studies and Qur’an memorization in 1994 followed by degree in Qir’at in 1995. He completed master’s degree in Arabic in 2002 from Darul Uloom Lahore.

He did the revision of Qir’at skill in Hafas version and graduated (Kulyyah Al.Qirat) from Shubrā al-Khaymah through Jamia Al-Azhar university.

He is the first youngest Qari of Pakistan who got the official membership of Naqabatul Qurra from Egypt government in 2005.

Upon completion of Islamic education in 2006, he was appointed as a teacher in Islamic studies in Madrasah Al-Banat Lahore.

In 2007, he was appointed as a language specialist at Scarsdale school in Lahore.

In 2008, he became the first youngest Qari who got the second position in an international competition in Bhopal city, India.

In 2010, he was appointed as an official Qari at Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television by Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation.

Since 2011, he has been an official Qari in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.

In 2016, he started his international mission of preaching Islam in USA and visited several other countries. He spread the message of Islam in North Carolina, Texas, Florida, and Miami gardens in 2018.

With his wonderful Qir’at skills, he recited the holy Qur’an in Qatar, Oman, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, England, and Canada.

Currently, he is engaged with Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, and working as a lead Imam and a teacher in Jamia Masjid Sayyidah Zainab in Ajax Ontario.