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Ustadh Usama Canon

Born and raised in California, Ustadh Usama Canon embraced Islam in 1996. Since then, he has had the honor of studying various Islamic Sciences both at home and abroad under some of today’s foremost scholars in America, Morocco, Egypt and Yemen like Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Zaid Shakir, Habib Ali al-Jifri, Dr Umar Abdullah, Dr TJ Winter, Shaykh Khutry ould Bayab, etc. Currently, he serves as an Instructor at Zaytuna Institute and as a Muslim Chaplain for the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

He is also the Director of the Zawiya Outreach Program and teaches a popular “Intro to Islam” class series at Zaytuna Institute. Ustadh Usama Canon is also the Founding Director of Ta’leef Collective and maintains an active role in various facets of outreach and education, concentrating on issues facing Muslim youth, assisting converts, and developing support systems for Muslim ex-offenders.