Visiting scholar Sheikh Murtaza speaks on the challenges of modernity
within the context of Islam in America and the mission of Imam Husayn.
Sheikh Murtaza grew up in Vancouver where he was involved in
organizing various community activities and youth initiatives from a
young age. In 2006, he and his wife began their formal religious
education in the Islamic seminary in Qom. They returned to Canada in
2010, and he has since been serving the various communities. Sheikh
Murtaza is the religious consultant of Az-Zahra Islamic Community
Centre of British Columbia.