Junaid Ali – Arabic Department Head

Mr. Junaid Ali was born in Chennai, India, and moved to Canada at the age of 14. Under the guidance of his inspirational mother, he completed the memorization of the Quran at the age of 18. Soon thereafter, he went to attend the University of Toronto, where he received his BSc (Hons) degree in Biology along with minors in Linguistics and Professional Writing. Along with his memorization of the Holy Quran, Mr. Junaid also pursued Arabic studies which then led him to attend the Bayyinah Institute’s Dream Program in TX, USA. He graduated at the top of his class from this program and decided to build his career in teaching and learning Arabic. Over the past 9 years, Mr. Junaid has MashaAllah taught Arabic to over a thousand students from around the world. He will be sharing his subject expertise with the students in his Sacred Arabic classes while also taking care of their physical, mental, and spiritual lessons through PhysEd classes.

When he is not teaching, Junaid is serving as the Vice President of Al Manarat Islamic Schools and is working on his family’s vision of founding an Islamic university in the future, inshaAllah. With Allah (SWT)’s blessing, he hopes to establish Al Manarat’s legacy in Canada as a full-fledged premier Islamic institution. Mr. Junaid is also a student of Mathabah Insitute, where he is pursuing an Alim course with specialization in the Islamic Sciences, Arabic, and Tafsir. He is also a khateeb who leads Friday (Jumuah) prayers in the local masajids and is quite active in counselling the local Muslim youth.