Family Night: Sh. Riad Saloojee at SBIA
Posted on: May 23, 2023 8:29 am
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Shaykh Riad Saloojee is a lawyer by training and has worked in the fields of media and political activism. He studied the Islamic sciences at Dar al-‘Ulum al-‘Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah (DUAI), a well-known Islamic seminary of higher learning in Strand, Cape Town, South Africa, where he also taught for a number of years after graduation. His teachers include Shaykh Muhammad Emin Er, Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui, among others.
The South Bay Islamic Association (SBIA) is one of the oldest Islamic Organizations in The Bay Area. Its headquarters are located in San Jose, CA. SBIA has been providing various services to the community since 1977 including the five daily prayers at two locations (San Jose Downtown, and Harris Way) and Friday prayers at both locations. SBIA has been active in spreading Islam through various Dawah programs and by hosting a number of activities including Weekend Islamic School, Quranic classes for children, Tafseer (English translation and Exegesis) classes for adults, conferences and community get-togethers.