Usama Canon – The Future of Muslim Leadership

Usama CanonMarch 24, 20140 comments

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Who are the next generation of Muslim leaders? What are their backgrounds, what issues will the face, and what are their responsibilities to society? Ustadh Usama Canon discusses these and other questions relevant to today’s rising Muslim leaders.

Ustadh Usama Canon (1978–2021, rahimahullah) was an American Muslim teacher and the founding director of Ta'leef Collective, a pioneering third-space community organization in Fremont, California, and Chicago, built around the ethos "Come as you are, to Islam as it is." A convert of African-American and European descent who embraced Islam in 1996, he studied with scholars in the US and abroad, served as a chaplain in California state prisons, and mentored thousands of converts and seekers. Diagnosed with ALS in 2018, he continued teaching with profound grace until his passing in 2021, leaving a transformative legacy in American Muslim community work.

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