Sheikh Alaa Elsayed

Sheikh Alaa Elsayed, born in Cairo, moved to Toronto in the late 1970s. In his youth, he was a goalie for Egypt’s Junior National Team. He later worked as Vice-President of Business Development for an international company and placed first in the 1992 Bermuda Triathlon. Sheikh Alaa studied Shariah at the American International University and earned a scholarship from the Shari’ah Academy/Mishkah University. He holds an ijazah in Quran recitation and has studied comparative religion for five years.