Faruq Hunter
Director of Masjids.org & Founder of The Designed By Faruq Hunter Company
faruqh@masjids.org
Faruq Hunter, self taught entrepreneur has spent more than 13 years in the international IT industry. His main focus is on utilizing technology for humanitarian growth.
A native to historical Tuskegee, Alabama, Faruq Hunter advanced from the Florida Gifted and Talented Education program at Florida A&M University to began his collegiate studies as a 14 year old high school graduate and completing his years of study in the International University of Africa in Khartoum, Sudan.
Faruq Hunter founded The Designed By Faruq Hunter Company. The purpose of the entity is to utilize professionally designed applications to advance the community. The DBFH Co. has developed Masjids.org, a web portal and application design and management system to allow patrons of religious organizations the ability to access the organizations services, speeches, classes and counseling from anywhere at anytime. Faruq Hunter has recently expanded the service to the most successful of its kind in the US, through the 2004 Masjids.org Ramadhan Road Show, which served as an engine to feed over 18,000 people across the Eastern US throughout the Muslim’s holy month of Ramadhan.
Currently Faruq Hunter is leading a call to the Muslim communitty to "DEMAND THAT YOUR MASJID IS ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU!" by insisting that our Masajid bring their services on to the Internet.