The Islamic Society of Vermont has hired Abd’Llah Al-Ansari, a U.S. army veteran, prison chaplain and scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies, to be its new imam. Al-Ansari’s first day as ISVT imam is April 1. Islam Hassan, the ISVT’s former imam, relocated to Ohio last summer. Detroit-born Al-Ansari was one of three shortlisted candidates, said […]
