Currently all courses of the Alqaem Institute are taught by Director Sheikh Safdar Razi.

Sheikh Safdar Razi is a leading advocate and teacher of Howza Islamic Seminary education.

Sheikh Safdar Razi was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, where in 1990 he was given his first congregation. He served as full-time imam in Qatar until 2000, when the Islamic Ahlul Bayt Association, an Austin-based Muslim congregation, invited him to serve as a full-time imam at the Al-Mahdi Center. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, he has been working with his congregation, churches, synagogues, and local law enforcement agencies to facilitate religious understanding and tolerance.