Background
Wahhaj was born as Jeffrey Kearse and raised in Brooklyn. His mother was a nurse and his father a hospital dietitian.
Wahhaj was born as Jeffrey Kearse and raised in Brooklyn. His mother was a nurse and his father a hospital dietitian.
New York University.
He was also the former vice president of Islamic Society of North America. He went to church religiously and went on to become a Sunday school teacher as a teenager in a Baptist church. Wahhaj then later went on to the New York University on a partial scholarship.
During this time he was vocal in his belief that “white people are devils." He said of this, “I preached lieutenant
lieutenant was the kind of do-for-self black pride."
Kearse then changed his name again to Siraj Wahhaj, which means "bright light" in Arabic. He also briefly taught a course in Islamic studies at Howard University, where Johari Abdul-Malik is the chaplain.
Public Siraj Wahhaj leads the daily prayers and performs the Friday sermon at Masjid at-Taqwa. He also conducts full days of teaching in Islamic studies, Arabic and marital counselling.
Wahhaj has made statements in support of Islamic laws over liberal democracy.
He also supports capital punishments such as stoning for adultery and cutting off of hands for thievery. lieutenant will happen."
He has also said: "If Allah says 100 strikes, 100 strikes it is. If Allah says cut off their hand, you cut off their hand.
If Allah says stone them to death, through the Prophet Muhammad, then you stone them to death, because it’s the obedience of Allah and his messenger—nothing personal."
Wahhaj was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the.
Wahhaj defended the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel-Rahman, the former leader of the Egyptian terrorist organization, Gama"a al-Islamiyya by testifying on his behalf at his trial.