Sh. Waleed is the Imam of Ta'leemul Islaam Masjid in Houston, Texas and also an instructor at the American Open University and the Al Maghrib Institute. He received his Masters in Islamic Creed from Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and is currently working on his doctorate degree in theology. Sh. Waleed has studied under some of the most notable scholars of our time including Ibn Baaz, Abdur-Razzaque Afify, Ibn Jibreen, Al-Barrak and many others, and has ijaazahs in Quran recitation and in several books of Hadeeth. For many years, he has been involved in da`wah in Saudi Arabia, the United States and Canada and has delivered numerous lectures and presentations on various Islamic topics. Sh. Waleed is also a member of the North American Imam Federation (NAIF), Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America (AMJA)-Fatwa and Research Committee, and a director of the Texas Dawah Convention.