The short version
I'm Sabah Ahmedi. I serve as an imam in the UK and I'm one of the youngest in the country doing the job. That fact has opened more doors than I ever expected.
You might have seen me on Sky News, the BBC, LBC, Good Morning Britain, or in The Telegraph or The Guardian. Or you might know me from Instagram, where most of my audience first found me asking the questions Muslims usually only ask each other.
The work
My day job is leading prayers, supporting families, and serving my local community. That's the quiet part. The loud part is everything else: media appearances, school visits, speaking engagements, podcasts, and conversations with people who would never normally end up sitting next to an imam.
I started doing media because I was tired of watching Muslims be talked about and never to. If the conversation was going to happen anyway, I figured I'd rather be in it.
The person
I'm a husband and a father of two. Outside of the work, I'm into coffee that's probably too strong, cars I can't afford, and CrossFit sessions that remind me I'm not as young as the title suggests. I've run a marathon once. I'm not sure I'll do it again.
What I want to do next
Keep showing up in rooms where people don't expect an imam to be. Keep building content that makes faith feel less foreign to people who think it has nothing to do with them. And keep doing the quiet work behind it all, because that's where everything actually starts.
If any of that sounds like something you want to be part of, let's talk.