Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad

Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad is the founder and chairman of Al-Khair Foundation (AKF), and also the CEO of IQRA TV. Since 2003, Imam Qasim has been managing AKF from concept to delivery of projects, from fundraising to feedback reports, managing donors, staff and volunteers around the world.

Before founding AKF, Imam Qasim had graduated in the Islamic sciences and was previously an imam and community/faith leader at the Croydon Mosque. He also worked as a counsellor and teacher for reforming prisoners for nearly a decade at Her Majesty's Prisons.

Imam Qasim was educated in Pnagani, Nairobi and finished his studies at the Dewsbury Institute of Islamic Education in the UK. Imam Qasim speaks in Urdu, Arabic, and English.

Imam Qasim is interested in the following causes:

Imam Qasim undertook his initial level education and began memorising the Holy Quran in 1977 to 1980, in Pnagani, Nairobi. During these years he also played sports. From 1984 to 1993, Imam Qasim attended the Dewsbury Institute of Islamic Education as a student of deen, and eventually became a scholar. He studied the Holy Quran, Arabic, Fiqh, Hadith, Islamic History, Seerah and other Islamic subjects in the Arabic language. During these years, Imam Qasim also managed various tasks and events.

Imam Qasim worked as a counsellor and teacher for reforming prisoners for nearly a decade at Her Majesty's Prisons. There he engaged in counselling and teaching the offenders, looking after their welfare and helping them to reform and not return to criminal activity after their release from prison.

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