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- Victoria
- Masjid Al-Iman (BCMA Victoria)
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Younus Kathrada
Hanbali 42 years of experience Victoria, British Columbia
Registered officiant (legal + religious)Open to interfaith nikah
About
Sheikh Younus Kathrada is a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. He has been involved in grassroots dawah with the Muslim community of Canada, and of BC in particular, for more than 40 years. He was previously Imam and founder of Masjid Al-Iman in Victoria, BC as well as the Imam of an Islamic centre in Vancouver. He then returned to Victoria and was the founder and teacher of Al-Madinah Academy in Victoria, B.C, as well as the acting Imam of the Masjid there. He then moved to Malaysia where he was a teacher and then Principal of Al-Tamimi International Islamic School in Subang Jaya for almost 7 years. While in Malaysia he continued to give talks at various universities and Masaajid. He moved back to Victoria in 2016 and is currently the Imam of the Dar Al-Ihsan Islamic Center.
Mosques
- Masjid Al-Iman · Burnaby
- Al Ansar Islamic Center · North York
Studied at
Islamic University of Madinah
Ceremony languages
English, Arabic
Mosques served
Dar Al-Ihsan Islamic Center, Masjid Al-Iman
Areas served
Victoria
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