Imam Siraj Wahhaj - Interview with the Imam of America

"Muslims in America" program with
Brother Umar Jamil Nasser
A series of programs that highlight the fact that Islam is the fastest growing religion in America.
Follow this series and meet few of the many Muslims in America. Guest for this episode: Imam Siraj Wahaj of Masjid Taqwa (New York). He discusses his reversion to Islam, the Nation of Islam, how they drove crime and drug dealers out of the area, among many other things.

Siraj Wahhaj, imam of Masjid at-Taqwa in New York, is well known among Muslims in North America as a dynamic, motivational speaker and tireless supporter of Islamic causes. He accepted Islam in 1969 and received imam training at Ummul Qura University in Makkah. He is the former vice president of the Islamic Society of North America and has served on the Majlis Ash-Shura since 1987. He received high praises from the media and NYPD for initiating anti-drug patrols in Brooklyn, New York in 1988.