Born and raised in the Tri-State area, Shaykh Ismail Hamdi decided at the age of 19 to travel to Egypt to memorize the Quran and learn the Arabic language. Shaykh Ismail ended up staying for a full 8 years in Egypt, joining Al-Azhar University in Cairo, where he graduated from the Faculty of Shari’ah. He has since returned to serve the community in America as an Imam. He served as an Imam at AMCC in Orlando, F.L. He has recently joined ICPC as the full-time Imam at Masjid Younis in Prospect Park, NJ.