Sheikh Ismail Londt is a respected South African Quranic scholar, Imam and educator. After memorising at the Quran by age 13, he pursued extensive traditional Arabic and Islamic studies, earning multiple advanced traditional certifications (Ijazat) and narrative chains (Asanid) in Tajwid, Qiraat, Arabic, Hadith, and Islamic jurisprudence across Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa.
Currently, Sh. Ismail serves as:
Director of the DU Centre, focusing on Quranic studies, the further development of the memoriser and the holistic development of the youth and adults alike.
Lecturer at the Darun Naim Institute for Higher Islamic studies as well as at the Zahraa Institute teaching Ulum al-Quran, Arabic and Sirah.
He is the current Head of the Muslim Judicial Council’s Department of Quranic Affairs and Co-Imam (since 2013) of the historic Auwal Masjid in Bo-Kaap, the oldest mosque in South Africa.
Sh. Ismail served on the adjudication panel for the 2007 Dubai International Holy Quran Awards, recommended by the Head of all Quranic Activities in Egypt, Dr. Isa el-Ma’sarawi. He also served as adjudicator in Turkey in 2019 and Tanzania in 2023.
He recently received his BA Honours degree Cum Laude in Islamic Theology from the International Peace College of South Africa (IPSA) and has authored extensively in the field of Quranic studies whilst also contributing to other fields like Islamic History with his book on the Kabah titled ‘The Ka’bah, its Past and Future.’
(Edited October 2026)
