Shaykh Usama AbdulGhani has studied for more than 20 years at the Islamic Seminary in Qum, focusing on Islamic Law and Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence.

Sheikh Abdilahi Nassir (1932– ) is a Shia cleric based in Mombasa, Kenya. Though raised a Sunni, Nassir converted to Shiism, and in the wake of Iran's Islamic revolution publicly identified himself as Twelver Shia.