Ustadh Hamza Ibn Mohamed is an instructor at the Al-Waraqaat Institute, specializing in Arabic and Islamic studies, including Quranic Tafsir and Usul al-Fiqh. He studied under esteemed scholars like Dr. Mohamed Hasan Uthman and Shaykh Saami Al-Mecci, holding several ijazats (licenses to teach) in Arabic. He is known for teaching online classes and participating in various Islamic events and seminars, with a focus on knowledge dissemination

Fahad Tasleem is a research fellow and instructor at The Sapience Institute. He is the author of the book, "No Doubt: Finding Certainty in an Age of Uncertainty". Fahad's research areas at Sapience focus on Islamic Theo-Philosophy & Spirituality.

Anwar Arafat is an Imam for the Islamic Association of Greater Memphis. In Memphis since 2014, he moved here from Salt Lake City, UT, where he was born and raised, and served as an imam for several years. Arafat has traveled and lived overseas, completing his religious education locally and abroad, earning a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies, and most recently finishing a master’s degree in Islamic Leadership at the Islamic Seminary of America (TISA) in Dallas, Texas. He’s the U.S. Outreach Specialist for iERA, an international Dawah organization.

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis is the founder and CEO of Sapience Institute. He is the author of the best-selling book: ‘The Divine Reality: God, Islam and The Mirage of Atheism’. It has been translated into over 10 languages. He has an MRes, MA and a PgCert in Philosophy from the University of London. He is currently pursuing his PhD on the Qur’ān and its verses pertaining to nature. He has studied Islamic Thought and Theology under qualified scholars.

Abdullah Jamil, a psychology graduate from George Mason University with a focus on behavior and sociology, studied Arabic and Quran in Egypt. He is the founder of an organization that supports incarcerated youth in their Islamic development and aids their reintegration into society through college essay, resume assistance, and more.