Imam Mansoor Rafiq Umar

Imam Mansoor Rafiq Umar has been the Imam at the University of Albany since 2019. He is a B.A. graduate of the Darul Na'im Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies seminary, husband to his beautiful wife, father to 5 amazing children. He serves as Imam at the Muslim Community of Bethlehem, and is the President of Halal Watch World, the first halal certification agency in the state of New York, and the founder and president of the United States Department of Halal Standards (USDHS). In addition, he has studied under various scholars of theology and Islamic legal theory and has networked with organizations and agencies worldwide.