Imam Hamzah Abdul-Malik is the founder and Imam at Midtown Mosque in Memphis, Tenn. He is one of the few black Americans given the opportunity to study more than 70 Azhari books in the religious sciences. He is a Hafiz of Qur'an and an Al-Azhar graduate receiving a degree in Islamic law and ethics. He traveled the world to study with renowned Islamic scholars and has more than 15 years of formal Islamic education. In 2012, he returned home to the United States to raise his family and invest his knowledge and training into community building and social outreach.