Early life
He was born William Webb in 1972 in Oklahoma to a Christian family, including a grandfather who served as a preacher.At age 14, he lost interest in religion going through a self-described spiritual crisis. He also began engaging in delinquency by joining a local gang and became a successful local Hip-Hop DJ and producer,making records with various artists.
Education
After converting to Islam in 1992, Webb left his career as a DJ and studied at the University of Central Oklahoma, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Education. He also studied privately under a Senegalese Sheikh, learning enough Islam and Arabic to become a community leader in Oklahoma City, where he was hired as Imam at The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City. In his role as imam, he gave khutbas (sermons), taught religious classes, and provided counselling to families and young people.He simultaneously started teaching at Mercy School, an Islamic K-12 school in Oklahoma City.
From 2004-2010, Suhaib Webb studied at the world’s preeminent Islamic institution of learning, Al-Azhar University, in the College of Shari`ah, in Cairo. During this time, after several years of studying the Arabic Language and the Islamic legal tradition, he also served as the head of the English Translation Department at Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah.
Outside of his studies at Al-Azhar, Suhaib Webb completed the memorization of the Quran in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He has been granted numerous traditional teaching licenses (Ijazah), which is a process that adheres to a centuries-old Islamic scholarly practice of ensuring the highest standards of scholarship.
Career
Apart from his studies, he frequently lectures in the United States and Malaysia, and records public lecture series on Islam and contemporary Muslim matters. He resides in the Silicon Valley of the San Francisco Bay area and hosts a weekly "Real Talk" call-in radio show. Suhaib Webb is an active member of the Muslim American Society and its youth department and has been so for the last ten years. It is through the Muslim American Society's scholarship program that he was sent to Egypt to attain fluency in Arabic and focus on Islamic studies. Webb frequently hosts lectures and posts articles offering Islamic perspectives on modern-day issues such as community involvement and social relevance.
External links
Suhaib Webb Video and Audio lectures from Halal Tube
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaib_Webb
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