Our Team

Tasneem Institute is committed to elevating the Islamic literacy of our communities through rich educational content in the form of Islamic online crash courses, infographic videos and publications.

Shaykh Dr. Abu Sumayya

Shaykh Dr. Abu Sumayya (Vinay Khetia) is an author who has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from McMaster University, Canada. He has 20 years of experience between academia and hawza studies. He has numerous peer reviewed articles in the field of tafsir, theology and Islamic law as well as a book on the subject of Du’a and Ziyara forthcoming with Brill Publications in 2025.

He has studied in various Islamic seminaries and has licenses (ijazat) in hadith from multiple mujtahids. He served Assadiq Islamic School (with 850 students from pre school to grade 12) in Toronto for 9 years in various roles, including serving as director of religious affairs prior to shifting full-time into academia.

He is currently the academic director of the Shia Research Institute located in the University of Toronto and continues to have an active presence works within the North American and UK Shia communities. He also teaches at the Mufid Academic Seminary.