Siraj Wahhaj (Arabic: سراج وهّاج; born Jeffrey Kearse; March 11, 1950) is an African-American imam of Al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York and the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA).

[5] When Elijah Muhammed died in 1975, "His teachings began to unravel in my mind", and he became a Sunni Muslim with the encouragement of Muhammad's son Warith Deen Mohammed.

[6] He also conducts full days of teaching in Islamic studies, Arabic and marital counseling.

The effort, which fundamentally changed the character of the neighborhood by "reclaim[ing] the area from drugs and crime," received high praise from the New York City Police Department and international attention from the media.

[5][7] In 1991, he became the first Muslim to offer an invocation (opening prayer) at the United States House of Representatives.

Wahhaj indicated that the three had severed ties with the rest of their family in 2017 and added that it was a tip he himself provided to the police that led to their arrest.