Ustadah Mariya

Ustadh Sami Ahmed attended London East Academy where he gained his basic knowledge of Quran and Tajweed, Islamic Studies and Arabic Language. He also completed his Hifz ul Qur’an from the same institute. Ustadh Sami began serving his community through his volunteering with Muslim Aid, and also taught at Rashidun Summer School, working to teach children Arabic, Islamic Studies and Islamic etiquette.

Ustad Mohammed Naim Ahmed, 23 years old from London, is currently studying at Coventry University London. He is a student of knowledge, taking different classes, specialising in Fiqh. He studied at Darul Ulloom Leicester for two years where he studied Basic Islamic Sciences. He then went on to study at London Islamic School where he learnt most of his Islamic knowledge, such as Hadith, Fiqh, Seerah of the Prophets and Further Islamic Studies. UstadNaim also began memorising Quran at this institute. He later completed Hifz with a local teacher. He further studied Arabic Language at Ibrahim Academy. For the past three years, Ustadh Naim has been teaching at Darus Salam, teaching Hifz and Islamic Studies. His teaching experience extends to his time working as a Teaching Assistant at Cherry Trees School, supporting children with behavioural difficulties.

Ustadh Nadim Hussain studied at Jamiah Taleemul Islam, Dewsbury, for five years studying Qirat, Hadith, Fiqh and various other topics. Thereafter, he completed his last two years at Imam Zakariyya Academy Alim Course, where he received his Ijazah in Hadith for six major Ahadith compilations along with Muwatta. He has also completed the Advanced Jurisprudence and Advance Tafseer Course at White House Institute. Ustadh Nadim Hussain has extensive experience in teaching Quranic recitation, Arabic Language, Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and other topics.

Ustadha Pinaz Navapurwala graduated from Jaamia TulImaam Muhammad Zakariya with a BA in Arabic Language and Islamic Theology. Her educational background further includes a Foundation Degree in Early Years from The Open University, Level 4 qualification in Early Years, Level 3 qualification in Childcare Learning and Development. Ustadha Pinaz Navapurwala has eight years of teaching experience, in both Islamic and secular environments. She worked as a Teaching Assistant at a Primary School and an Islamic school and is currently employed as a Teaching Assistant at a Primary School working one-to-one.

Ustadha Afshan Naveed earned her BA in Islamic Studies, English Language and Persian from Fatima Jinnah College, Pakistan. She went on to study further Selected Surahs and Ayahs of the Quran and Tajweed and Quranic Recitation. She also has over ten years of experience in private teaching and working with children in a school environment from her time working at a Primary School, teaching ‘Rising Stars of Islam’ at an Islamic institute, and teaching at a local Madrasah.

Ustadha Qudsia Raja earned her BA in Islamic Studies and Psychology from the University of Punjab, Pakistan. She then went on to complete a course in Islamic Studies, Level 1 and 2 certificates in Adult Literacy from City & Guilds and Diploma in Education & Training Level 5 from Empire College London. Additionally to her educational achievements, Ustadha Qudsia has extensive experience in teaching and other posts including Quran Centred Islamic Counselling, primary school interpreter and office assistant. With over eighteen years of experience in Islamic teaching of both children and adults, including integrating essential studies related to Islamic Theology and lifestyle practises into learning and development, creating activities and art related to studies, identifying lessons from stories of the prophets and how these impact everyday life and translation of Quranic Arabic to English, Ustadha Qudsia is an expert in delivering a stellar Islamic education and supporting students of all needs and abilities.

Imam Abdul Rashid has been serving the Muslims community for over 15 years. He is a qualified Alim from the United Kingdom and has the Ijaza to teach Quran, Tajweed and Islamic Studies.

He studied: Ulum al Quran, Ulum al Hadis, Ulum al Shariah (Fiqh and Usul e Fiqh), Aqaid (Islamic Creed), Arabic (Language), Sarf (Morphology), Nahw (Syntax), Al Tareekh Al Islami (Islamic history), Ilm Al Faraid (Laws of Inheritance), Al Sihah Al Sittah, Sahih al Bukhari, Sahih al Muslim, Jame Tirmizi, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Nasa’ee, Sunan Ibne Majah, And he has studied, Altafseer Ibn Katheer, commentary of the Quran. He has also memorised the Quran and completed the Tajweed course.

Alongside his teaching at Tahwid Academy, Ustad Abdul Rashid has served as the kateeb, imam and teacher in several other masjids and madrasahs in London, including currently as the kateeb of Grays Masjid in Thurrock. He has been teaching with an experience of more than 12 years.

Head Teacher

Alam Chowdhury graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a BSc Honours degree in Computer Science. He currently works as a Telephony Project Manager with NHS England. Prior to his management role, Brother Alam worked as a Technical Consultant with NHS Digital, where his primary responsibilities included providing specialist professional advice on collaboration area in technical infrastructure and project management.

Since founding Tawhid Academy in 2018, Brother Alam has been serving as the Headteacher. Brother Alam has been serving his community for over 15 years with experience in the running of a madrasah and Islamic organisations, communication between Islamic organisations and official bodies such as local authorities and charity commissions, serving as Chairman of Lansbury Estate Muslim Association, serving as a parent governor at Mulberry School for Girls as a member of the Finance Committee and Inclusion Committee, and leading several charity initiatives.

Brother Alam is studying Logical Progression (Fiqh) with Prophetic Guidance under a renowned scholar. He also studied Tajweed ul Quran, Arabic Language and Fiqh at different institutes.

Advisor

Associate Professor at University College London (UCL)

Dr Sarkerserving as an Advisor at Tawhid Academy, who is a student of knowledge and always tries to learn and disseminate revealed knowledge to humanity. He is an experienced Biostatistician and Epidemiologist. He holds a PhD in Statistics (2002) from the University of Surrey and an MSc in Epidemiology (1998) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam jointly with the University of Cambridge, UK. He obtained his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Statistics (1995) from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh with 1st class. In 2012, he also obtained a university teaching qualification "Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)" with Distinction from the University of London.

Prior to undertaking his PhD, he worked as a Lecturer and then Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. At the final year of his PhD, he was appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of Reading (2002-2004) and then he moved to work on Epidemiology of Stroke at King's College London (2005-2008). Between 2009 and 2018, he worked at the Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London as a Senior Lecturer of Biostatistics. He moved to UCL in September 2018 as an Associate Professor of Medical Education Research.

He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as well as the Royal Statistical Society (RSS). He has received a number of university and national academic awards for teaching statistics to non-statisticians including the Times Higher Education Awards 2016 for Outstanding Digital Innovation in Teaching. Dr Sarker published over 100 research papers in academic journals and supervises several PhD students at UCL.

Furthermore, Dr Sarker has attended various Islamic courses run by Al-Maghrib, Al-Kauser, Islamic Institute for Development and Research (IIDR), Ikhwa and Dar Al-Arqam. He completed his three year Sabeel Retreat Development Program, and is currently attending the Sihaab Program and studying Arabic Language at Qortoba Institute, Egypt.