Mufti Nawaz Ahmed Khan is a Bay Area native. After completing his Tahfeez al-Quran (memorization of the Noble Quran) at Folsom, CA and attaining his high school diploma, he went on to pursue the higher calling of sacred knowledge. Over the greater part of the next decade, Mufti Nawaz engaged in a rigorous curriculum of religious knowledge, studying under many esteemed scholars of South Africa.
He has engaged in humanitarian work in various parts of the world visiting many of those places.
He is currently the religious director of Masjid Darus Salaam – Milpitas, CA. He is also an instructor of various Islamic sciences. He lives in Milpitas with his wife and kids.