About the Islamic Scholar: Moulana Syed Rizwan Rizvi is the Trustee of Sadiq School and Imam of Masjid-e-Ali New Jersey.Moulana Syed Rizwan Rizvi started his religious studies in Chicago, Illinois at Imam Ali Seminary where he stud-ied for one year. Thereafter he attended the Islamic Seminary of Qum in 2000 and studied under some of the best and renowned theologians of the Hawzah. After completing general coursework in Arabic literature, Jurispru-dence, Quranic Exegesis, Principles of Usul, Kalam and Mantiq, he focused his attention towards Islamic philoso-phy and during the latter part of his studies on Irfan-e-Islami. Throughout his six years of studies at the Hawzah, he obtained 204 credits and received a Bachelor’s in Theology and Philosophy from Jamiatul Mustafa al-Alamiyyah. Following his studies in Qum he felt the need to improve his fluency in Arabic. In pursuit of this goal, he travelled to Damascus and enrolled in advanced Arabic courses at Damascus University’s Arabic Language In-stitute and completely immersed himself in an Arabic speaking environment. He attained Master’s in Arabic from University of Damascus. Syed Rizwan Rizvi is fluent in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English. He serves as Religious Director at Muslim Foundation Inc. He is currently pursuing another Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies from ICAS (Middlesex University, UK).
