Nouman Ali Khan founded Bayyinah Institute in 2005 as a research, media and educational institute focused on the Qur’an and Classical Arabic. He is considered to be amongst the most influential Muslims in the world. He served as a professor of Arabic at Nassau Community College in New York City until 2006, when he decided to devote his efforts full time to Bayyinah. His traveling and online seminars have attracted tens of thousands of students across the United States, and the Bayyinah Institute currently has a social media outreach of over five million followers worldwide.