Siraj wahhaj biography
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Siraj wahhaj biography
Siraj Wahhaj
American imam
Siraj Wahhaj (Arabic: سراج وهّاج; born Jeffrey Kearse; March 11, 1950) is an African-Americanimam of Al-Taqwamosque in Brooklyn, New York and the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA).
[1][2] He was also the former vice-president of the Islamic Society of North America.[3]
Early life and education
Wahhaj was born as Jeffrey Kearse and raised in Brooklyn.
His mother was a nurse and his father a hospital dietitian. He went to church regularly and went on to become a Sunday school teacher as a teenager in a Baptist church.[4]
In 1969 he ended his schooling and joined the Nation of Islam, changing his name to Jeffrey12x.[4] During this time he was vocal in his belief that “white people are devils." He said of this, “I preached it.
I taught it.” While Wahhaj acknowledges the black pride instilled in him from the Nation of Islam, he concedes that pride went too far when he began denig