Jumuah Khutbah delivered on the 4th June 2010 by Alaa El-Sayyid at Green Lane Masjid, Birmingham UK, on the topic of Death and the Afterlife. Sheikh Alaa Elsayed is the Director of Public and Internal Relations for Mercy Mission World and the Director of Religious Affairs for the Islamic Centre of Canada-ISNA. He is also one of the renowned tutors of AlKauthar Institute. Sheikh Alaa was born in Cairo and lived in Egypt until he was 15 years old. During his youth, he spent his time as the goalie for the Junior National Team and moved to Toronto, Canada in the late 1970's. Sheikh Alaa worked as a Vice-President of Business Development for an international company, and during this time he competed and was placed first in the 1992 Bermuda Triathlon. Sheikh Alaa has studied for his Bachelors in Shari'ah from the American International University, and has earned a scholarship from the Shari'ah Academy in Egypt/Florida. Sheikh Alaa has also received his Ijazah of Qur'an recitation for Hafs 'an 'Asim, studied comparative religion for five years through the IPCI in South Africa, and was on the board of director of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. Sheikh Alaa currently lives in GTA (Greater Toronto Area) with his wife and three children. He is a member of Canadian Council of Imams; he's also a member of Horizon Interfaith Communication Media Council. Prior to this he was an Imam for Muslim Council of Calgary and acted as its media spokesperson. He has hosted Vision of Islam, a...
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