Sheikh shady al suleiman biography

Australian imam and Muslim leader

Shady Alsuleiman (born 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a Muslim imam and the president of the Australian National Imams Council and the United Muslims of Australia.

He is from a Palestinian family who migrated to Australia in the late 1960s. He initially obtained an Ijazah (licence) with Sanad (complete chain back to Muhammad) in complete and sound memorization of the Quran at Darul Uloom Al-Husainiah in Sindh, Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

Alsuleiman has been recognized as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world.^[1]

Background

Alsuleiman is the founder of one of Australia's largest youth centres known as the UMA in Sydney, as well as Sydney Islamic College, which delivers Islamic studies to adults.

He also held the position of the secretary of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) from 2006 to 2015.^[2][3] He was re-elected as the president in 2019.

Alsuleiman has