Abu Usamah at-Thahabi (born March 10, 1964) is an Imam at Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, England.
Abu Usamah, Khalifah At-Thahabi was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, the third eldest of four children.
He converted to Islam in 1986, and applied to attend the University of Madinah as was the practice of many new reverts to Islam at that time. He completed his BSc in Usool-Ul-Deen, and learned the Arabic language.
After his graduation from the University, Abu Usamah went to teach in the UK before returning to the US in 1996 in order to pursue his first position of Imam in Orlando, Florida. He was an imam at mosques in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Peoria.