Please join us on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at 7:00 PM via Zoom to celebrate Imam Ali’s (AS) birthday. The guest speakers for this celebration are Br. Rashid Salim (English) and Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar (Farsi). Please click here to join the Zoom Meeting.

Biographies

Dr. Mostafa Daneshgar was born in Iran in 1981 and started his studies on Shiite theology and Shiite jurisprudence in 1997. He continued these studies while also attending the School of Engineering. Mostafa Daneshgar earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iran in 2003, then immigrated to Syria where he continued his religious studies at the Seminary of Zanabia at Damascus.

In September 2010, he immigrated to the United States and continued his studies and cultural activities. Mostafa attended the School of Engineering at Wayne State University and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University, Detriot, MI.

Mr. Daneshgar has written more than 200 articles and speeches about Islam, Shiite, and relations between religions, specifically Shiite, as well as cultural and social challenges in Persian, Arabic, and English.

Ahmad Rashid Salim is the ICCNC’s Friday Prayer Imam and current ICCNC board member. He is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley. He has been involved within the Muslim community in various roles and has taught on a wide range of topics including Islamic spirituality, ethics, community-building, youth outreach, and family conflict resolution. He's led interfaith and intra-faith outreach efforts and appeared on live programming with global viewership, and spoken at various panels and conferences.