Biography and responsibilities
Profile overview
Mahmoud Amin Al-Salla was born in Al-Rafid in Rashaya District in 1965. He pursued Islamic studies at Al-Fath Islamic Institute in Damascus and then at Azhar of Lebanon, before attending Dar Al-Fatwa’s Faculty of Islamic Da’wah in Beirut from 1985 to 1989.
His career in religious and educational work spans several decades. He taught Islamic education in a number of public and private schools, served as an imam and Friday preacher in several Bekaa mosques, and held multiple administrative and outreach responsibilities, including managing the Da’wah Centre in the Bekaa for many years.
Among the scholars under whom he studied were Sheikh Zuhair Al-Shawish, Mufti of the Bekaa Sheikh Khalil Al-Mays, Mufti Ahmad Raouf Al-Qadri and Sheikh Faisal Mawlawi, may Allah have mercy on them.
He has also had a prominent career in Scouting and education since joining the Muslim Scout Association of Lebanon in 1984. He participated in establishing the Bekaa Commission, helped establish numerous Scout groups in the area, and assumed several leadership responsibilities. He currently chairs the Advisory Committee of the Bekaa Commission and has participated in many Scout, educational and social conferences, courses and meetings in Lebanon and abroad.
He has been active in social and relief work, orphan care and community service, and contributed to establishing several associations, centres and civil-society initiatives. He is President of Al-Israa Association for Social Development, serves on a number of scientific, social and Scout bodies, and currently works as Executive Director of Lavender Bloom in Lebanon.
He is also interested in educational and religious writing. His published works include The Most Effective Means of Raising Young People with a Sound Islamic Education, in addition to a number of papers, publications and articles on education, religious outreach and Scouting.
