Pursuits of This World Beyond Material Gains-Imam Siraj Wahhaj

Keynote Address of Mizzou Muslim Students' Organization's conference titled 'Pursuits of this World--Beyond Material Gains'. www.mizzoumso.org Imam Siraj Wahhaj accepted Islam in 1969 and received Imam training at Ummul Qura University of Makkah in 1978. Currently is the Imam of Masjid Taqwa in New York, a dynamic speaker and tireless supporter of Islamic causes. Imam Wahhaj has on Majlis Ash-Shura of ISNA since 1987. He received high praises from the media and NYPD for initiating anti-drug patrol in Brooklyn, New York in 1988. Among other achievements, Imam Wahhaj was the first person to give an Islamic invocation to the US Congress. Source(ICNA Chicago)