AlMaghrib Institute is horrified at the news of the criminal allegation against Wisam Sharieff.

The safety and protection of AlMaghrib Institute’s students and community continues to be our top priority. This criminal allegation against Wisam Shariff is a jarring and sickening experience for his students as well as AlMaghrib Institute’s staff and instructors who worked with him.

At this time, AlMaghrib Institute is prioritizing the wellbeing of our community, so we encourage any students who are struggling due to this news to reach out to us at support@almaghrib.org.

We understand that in situations like this, the wider public can have questions and rumors abound, so AlMaghrib Institute is issuing this second statement to correct some misinformation around the criminal allegations of Wisam Sharieff.

1.) The criminal allegations, as laid out by law enforcement investigators against Wisam Sharieff, were conducted outside AlMaghrib Institute’s educational platform via private communication between the accused adult parties. The alleged minor-aged victim was not a student of AlMaghrib Institute. As such, no law enforcement authorities ever communicated with AlMaghrib Institute prior to filing their criminal complaint against Wisam Sharieff.

2.) AlMaghrib Institute continues to enforce its longstanding policy of zero tolerance for instructors having any romantic relationships with their students. Instructors are expected to abide by AlMaghrib Institute’s strict code of conduct in both their public and private lives. As soon as AlMaghrib Institute was notified of a possible violation of its code of conduct by an instructor in his personal life, AlMaghrib Institute conducted its own investigation but did not have access to law enforcement’s investigation. However, AlMaghrib Institute’s own investigation concluded there was sufficient evidence violating AlMaghrib Institute’s code of conduct to terminate the instructor’s employment and immediately publicly disclosed it.

AlMaghrib Institute has catered to the needs of 250,000+ students and will continue to provide a safe-space on its educational platform for all students by enforcing its strict code of conduct policies.

We encourage any students who have further concerns due to this news to reach out to us at support@almaghrib.org. Our nation’s justice system will now deal with Wisam Sharieff, and we ask Allah to bring solace to the victims and to bring healing to our community.
Allah’s religion is not reliant on any one individual, and the Quran Revolution program will continue with our students as scheduled.