About Imam Safwan

Imam Safwan believes in leading the community through service. As such, he has been an active leader in the Connecticut area for nearly a decade. He previously served as the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center as the Religious Director and Youth Leader. He completed his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He completed his Arabic studies with honors in less than a year at Bayyinah Institute. He then went on to Qalam Seminary to further his studies in Islamic jurisprudence, Quranic hermeneutics, and theology. He is currently completing his Master of Religious Studies with an additional certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy at the Hartford Seminary. He holds and continues to pursue licenses (Ijāzāt) in the sacred sciences.