Administrative Staff

  • Norma Nangju

    Principal

    Norma Nangju received a B.S.in Environmental Engineering from Swarthmore College. She also received an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, an M.A. in Teaching, and an Ed.S. in Educational Administration from the University of Louisville. She is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development from the University of Louisville. She has 20 years of teaching experience.

  • Mufti Asif Iqbal

    Director

    In 1992, Mufti Asif Iqbal started memorizing the Quran in Jamia Madinatul-Uloom in New Orleans, LA. Thereafter, he enrolled in the prestigious seminary Darul Uloom Al-Madania in Buffalo, NY to commence on a six-year intensive study of the core disciplines of a traditional Islamic education such as Arabic, Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis), Hadith (Prophetic Traditions), Fiqh (Jurisprudence) and other related disciplines. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2002. In 2004, he completed a post-graduate specialization program in Islamic Law and Legal Verdicts (Iftaa), which trains scholars to issue formal Islamic legal opinions (Fatwa). He served as the Imam and the director of religious affairs for Manassas Muslim Association in Manassas, VA from 2004 -2015. In 2016, he relocated to Louisville, KY to serve as the director and an instructor for Hira Institute.