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Abdallah Shuaibi
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Sabeel Ahmed
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Sameera Ahmed
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Montaser Marai
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Khlail Meek
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Salam Al-Marayati
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Jamal Badawi
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 Jamal Badawi is an Egyptian born Muslim Canadian professor in Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims. He completed his undergraduate studies in Cairo, Egypt and his Masters and Ph. D. Degrees at Indiana University in Bloomington, In.
Dr. Badawi has authored several books and articles on Islam. He also researched, designed and presented a 352-segment television series on Islam, shown in many local TV stations in Canada and the US and in other countries as well. Audio and video copies of this series are widely available throughout the world. Some titles of his published works are: Selected prayers, Gender Equity in Islam, Muhammad in the Bible, Status of Women in Islam, Polygamy in Islamic Law, The Earth and Humanity: An Islamic Perspective, Islam: A Brief Look, Muslim Woman's Dress According to the Qur'an and the Sunnah and Islamic Ethics.
In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi was invited as a guest speaker in various functions throughout the world. He is also active in several Islamic organizations, including the Islamic Society of North America and is the Founder/chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation, a non-profit foundation seeking to promote a better understanding of Islam and the Muslims towards non-Muslims. He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam & Christianity. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim Dialogues. Dr. Badawi is also a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Fiqh Council
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| Mustafa Housny |
 Egyptian Islamic Scholar became know through many of his television shows on Iqra television where he reached out to all young males and females.
-He was born in 1978.
-He studied in Ain Shams University in 2000. Where he received his degree in becoming a SHAIKH.
-He took interest in studying Islamic Shariyah from scholars, he studied:
-Book “Nokhbit Alfikir” Alalama Alhafith ibn Hajar Alafasi 852 Hijri., Book “Almanhal Alrowi Fi Mustalah Alhadith Alnabawabi” Alalama AlImam Suleiman Ibn Yehya Alihdal 1197 Hijri,Book “Imdit Alahkam Fi Ma’alam Alhalal wa Alharam” Imam Alhafid Abed Afghani Ibn Abed Alwahid Almaqdasi 600 Hijri, Book “Bolo’gh Almaram min Jamia’ Adela Alahkam” Alhafid Ibn Hajar Alafasi 852 Hijri, Alaqedah Altahaweyah “AlImam Abe Jafar Altahawee 321 Hijri.
-Producer and Presenter of many television shows on Iqra television: Astrayed You and Said (Third Series- January until April 2010)- Love Story (Ramadan 1430-September 2009)- Astrayed You and Said (Second Series-January 2009)- Lost Treasure (Ramadan 1429 Hijri- September 2008)- Astrayed You and Said (First Series- March 2008)- Ala Bab AlJana (Ramadan 2007) - If They Only Knew (November 2007) - Ahla Hayat (Ramadan 2006)- Amma Ba’id 1 and 2 (2005) - Nada’at Alrahman (Ramadan 2004).
He especially was a charitable Member in Council Management in the Organization of “Life without Smoking”. Also a member in Egypt team (Shareyan Alataa), spreading knowledge of giving-charitable blood donations for children. He also took part in supporting Children’s Cancer Hospital in Cairo.
-He also took part in presenting many speeches worldwide also in UAE, Albahrain, Alkuwait, and the UK.
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Yusuf Estes
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 Yusuf Estes is very loved by young and old alike. Children and adults of all faiths delight to hear him entertain while presenting the pure message of Islam. They call him the "Funny Sheik".
He was raised in a strong Christian home, educated in Texas and became successful owning music stores, TV shows and used his talents for piano and organ as a music minister while preaching the Bible.
He served as Delegate to United Nations Peace Summit for Religious Leaders and U.S. Federal chaplain from 1994 until 2000.
His story "Priests & Preachers Enter Islam" is truly amazing. You laugh and cry at the same time. www.YusufEstes.com, He has many websites in simple English for Islam (this is one of them).
His lectures in universities, institutions, military and public venues are for all faiths, Muslim, Hindu, Christian and Jewish alike. Many preachers, priests and rabbis have complimented his way of presenting a fresh and enlightening picture of the world's fastest growing religion - Islam.
He works to share Islam and its correct message with our youth, new Muslims and others in simple English terms, and he makes it fun and easy to understand, while referring to Quran and teachings of Islam
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Siraj Wahhaj
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 Siraj Wahhaj is an African-American Muslim convert to Islam and public figure for Muslims in North America. He is currently the Imam of Al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York and the Amir (Leader) of The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA).
Born and raised in New York, he became a Sunday school teacher as at a young age, then later went to Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) where he studied biology education.
In 1969 he joined the Nation of Islam and was taught under Louis Farrakhan at the height of the NOI's anti-Malcolm X rhetoric. He became a Sunni Muslim after the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 and Muhammad's son Warith Deen Mohammed took over and reorganized the organization, urging members to come to orthodox Islam. Kearse then changed his name to Siraj Wahhaj. He was chosen to study Islam at the Umm al-Qura university of Mecca in 1978. He also briefly taught a course in Islamic studies at Howard University. In 1981 he started his own mosque, Masijd ul-Taqwa, in a friend's apartment in Brooklyn. Although it originally started out with only 25 people, today it is well-known.
In 1988 he led his community in an anti-drug patrol in which they staked out drug houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant in the cold of winter for 40 days and nights, forcing the closure of 15 drug houses. This effort received high praise from the New York City Police Department and the media.
Since that time, Siraj has been active in many Islamic organizations. He has been vice president of the Islamic Society of North America since 1997 and has served on the Majlis al Shura, a consultative council of Islamic scholars, since 1987. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the American Muslim Council and has also served on the national board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Siraj is a prolific speaker in America. He makes many appearances at major North American Muslim conventions, and numerous forums and lectures in New England. His audio and video lectures are also popular in America's Muslim community. He is known to encourage Muslims to be God-fearing, enjoin good and forbid evil, practice regular charity, stay away from drugs, abstain from pre-marital relations, and other issues as well. He has also appeared on several national television talk shows and has had interviews with several media outlets.
In 1991 Siraj offered an invocation (opening prayer) to the United States House of Representatives. He was the first Muslim to do so.
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Mokhtar Maghraoui
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 Originally from Algeria, Sheikh Mokhtar Maghraoui is a nationally renowned Muslim scholar and a frequent speaker at numerous Islamic conferences throughout North America. He is also a member of the Fiqh Council of North America. Sheikh Maghraoui is an active participant of interfaith trialogue with the Jewish and Christian communities in the Capital district of New York. In addition to his Islamic education, Sheikh Maghraoui also holds a dual doctorate in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in New York.
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Ziad Shakir
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 Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work.
Born in Berkeley, California, he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, he led a successful campaign for disinvestment from South Africa, and co-founded a local Islamic center, Masjid al-Huda.
After a year of studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his community activism, co-founding Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort, and also taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences.
For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut, serving again as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam, and writing and speaking frequently on a host of issues. That same year, his translation from Arabic into English of The Heirs of the Prophets was published by Starlatch Press.
In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now teaches courses on Arabic, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality. In 2005, Zaytuna Institute published Scattered Pictures, an anthology of diverse essays penned by Zaid Shakir.
He is a frequent speaker at local and national Muslim events and has emerged as one of the nation’s top Islamic scholars and a voice of conscience for American Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
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Ragheb Elsergany
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 Ragheb El-Sergany is an Egyptian Muslim preacher, surgeon and academic who is best known for his studies of Islamic history, and his founding and current supervision of IslamStory.com, a website that deals with the studies of the history of Islam. He is also an assistant professor of uro-surgery in Cairo University School of Medicine. Ragheb has hosted and co-hosted several well-known satellite-TV programs in the Arab world, which has contributed to his reputation between Arab audiences. His audio series detailing particular epochs in Islamic history, including "The Prophetic Story", "Andalusia: from opening to demise", "The Tatars: from their beginning to the Battle of 'Ayn Jaloot" have also contributed to his reputation. Ragheb was born in "al-Mahalla al-Kubra" city in "al-Gharbiya" governorate in Egypt in the year 1964
He graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine (Kasr el-Ainy School of Medicine) in the year 1988, receiving his Bachelor's degree, with excellence and honors. He then went on to receive his Master's degree from Cairo University with excellence in 1992, and his doctorate in the field of urosurgery under joint Egyptian and American supervision in 1998
Ragheb memorized the Qur'an in the year 1991 (at the age of 27
His overall education has served him in the following areas:
As an assistant professor of uro-surgery in Cairo University.
As the Head of the Board of Administrators for the Hadara Center for Historical Studies in Cairo.
As the supervisor of: [www.islamstory.com]
As an Islamic researcher and thinker, with a specific interest in Islamic History.
Dr. Ragheb summarizes the theme of his intellectual project in its name, "Together we can build the best of nations" He writes that this project is a product of meticulous and comprehensive study of Islamic history, and that it has several aims:
- Deduction of the factors of revival of nations, and using these factors to create a renaissance in the nation of Muslims (Ummah).
- Eliciting hope in the hearts of Muslims, and urging them to earn beneficiary knowledge and employ constructive work to achieve their revival.
- Purifying the History of Islam from any inserted blasphemies, and presenting the aspect of civility in its bounds.
He has for years shared in lectures, books, articles and papers of analysis regarding the issue of revival, and has traveled to various parts of the globe in the process.
He has authored 25 books in the subjects of Islamic history and thought. These books are:
- "What did the Muslims contribute to the world? The contributions of Muslims to human civilization": received Mubarak's award for Islamic studies in 2009
- "Mercy in the life of the Messenger": received the 1st place in the International Contest of forming acquaintance with the Prophet of Mercy, in 2007.
- "The story of the Tatars: from the beginning until the Battle of 'Ayn Jaloot (the Spring of Goliath)".
- "The story of the Crusades: from the beginning until the era of 'Emad ul-Deen Zinky".
- "Science and the construction of nations": a founded study in the issue of constructing and developing nations.
- "The story of medical sciences in the Islamic civilization".
- "Palestine: the duties of the Ummah".
- "And one of her (family) bore witness".
- "Compassionate amongst each other: the story of solidarity and aid in the Islamic civilization".
- "Between history and reality: 4 volumes".
- "An Ummah that will never die".
- "A message to the youth of the Ummah".
- "How to safeguard Fajr prayer".
- "How to memorize the Noble Qur'an".
- "Reading: a methodology of life".
- "Boycott: A religious obligation and a nationalistic necessity".
- "My fellow physician, boycott".
- "You and Palestine".
- "Palestine will not be lost: How?"
- "We are not at the time of Abraha".
- "If ye help him not".
- "Torture in the prisons of freedom".
- "Ramadan and the construction of the Ummah".
- "Hajj is not for pilgrims alone".
- "Who will buy Paradise?"
Ragheb has shared in hosting and co-hosting satellite-TV programs in channels like: Iqra'a, al-Resala, al-Hiwar, al-Nas, al-Jazeera, as well as radio programs in several countries including Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan and the UAE.[1]
He has to his name hundreds of lectures and Islamic tapes, in which he discusses the Prophetic story and the story of the companions, as well as the story of Andalusia and the Tatarians. Some of his audio series include [1]"How to become a scientist?" and "Become a companion"
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Tamim Al-Barghouthi
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 Tamim Al Barghouti is a Palestinian poet born in Cairo, Egypt in 1977. He studied politics at Cairo University, the American University in Cairo, and Boston University where he received his PhD in 2004.
Tamim has five published poetry collections and two academic books on political theory and Middle East History. These works include Fil-Quds (In Jerusalem) published in Ramallah and Cairo 2008, Maqam Iraq (the Iraqi Ode), Cairo 2005, and The Umma and the Dawla: the Nation State and the Middle East, Pluto Press, London, 2008.
Al-Barghouti has performed in almost every other Arab country, including Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates. His performances have often attracted thousands from various age groups. He writes in Standard Arabic as well as in the Egyptian and Palestinian Dialects.
Tamim is also known as a Columnist for the Lebanese Daily Star where he wrote a weekly feature on Arab culture, history and identity between 2003 and 2004. Al-Barghouti, worked at the United Nations, the Division of Palestinian Rights, the Department of Political Affairs in New York. He was later appointed an assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo. In 2005-2006 he joined the United Nation Mission in Sudan, and in 2007 he became a fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting lecturer at the Free University in Berlin. Al Barghouti is currently a visiting Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, Washington DC.
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| Zahid Bukhari |
 Dr. Zahid H. Bukhari is the National President of Islamic Circle of North America. He is also Director of the American Muslim Studies Program and Fellow at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Director of Pew Project entitled "Muslims in American Public Square."
Dr. Bukhari has a Masters in Economics from the University of Karachi and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut. His research interests have focused on religion and public policy in the United States.
He has vast experience in all aspects of survey research. During 1993-1995, he participated in a national study of the Islamic centers/mosques across North America conducted by the Islamic Resource Institute, Los Angles, CA.
He has published and presented papers on Islam and development, Muslim public opinion in the US and other related topics in national and international forums.
Dr. Bukhari has an extensive experience of working with various Islamic organizations and also with other religious groups of USA.
He was one of the founders of the National Islamic Shura Council, a representative body of the American Muslims consisting of four national Islamic organizations.
Dr. Bukhari also worked as Secretary General of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and chairman of ICNA Relief, a not-for-profit relief organization. Dr.Bukhari is married and has two sons and two daughters.
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Jamal Said
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 Sh. Jamal Said was born in the city of Ariha located in Palestine in the year of 1957, and graduated from the University of Imam Mohammed Ben Saood in Saudi Arabia in 1980. In 1981, he immigrated to the US to work in Illinois as a teacher in the school of Carla Mohammed, a school established mainly through the effort of the followers of Imam Warith El-Deen Mohammed (RA). After serving at the school for two years, Sh. Jamal went on to work for the Muslim American Youth Association, MAYA. The year 1985 marked a most significant milestone for Sh. Jamal in which he started the journey of his life as the Imam and director of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, IL. In the years to that followed, Sh. Jamal put an enormous effort in educating the community and it providing spiritual guidance of the highest caliber until the Mosque Foundation developed to be one of the most outstanding Islamic centers in the USA that it is today.
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| Abdool Rahman Khan |
 Sh. Abdool Rahman Khan is currently serving as the resident scholar of Islamic Foundation, Villa Park, IL. He is originally from British Guyana, where he helped lay the foundations of the full time Islamic School and was selected to be the administrator of the school.
Sh. Abdool Rahman is a graduate from the Faculty of Sharia’ah, of Islamic University Madinah Munawwarah, KSA.
He also serves as a Shura member of ICNA, Islamic Circle of North America, and member of Islamic Fiqh Council of North America.
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Muzammil Siddiqi
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 Born in India in 1943. Received his early education at Aligarh Muslim University and Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, India. Graduated from Islamic University of Madina in Saudi Arabia in 1965 with a higher degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Received M.A. in Theology from Birmingham University in England and Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from Harvard University in USA.
Dr. Siddiqi worked with many Islamic organizations in Switzerland, England and United States. He was the Chairman of Religious Affairs Committee of the Muslim Students Association in US and Canada. Dr. Siddiqi also served as Director of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. He served two terms (1997-2001) as President of the Islamic Society of North America with Headquarters in Indiana. Since 1981 He the Director of the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove, California. He is also the Chairman of the Shura Council of Southern California, an organization representing the Islamic centers, masajid and organizations in Southern California, He is the Chairman of the Fiqh (Islamic Law) Council of North America and a founding member of the Council of Mosques in US and Canada. He is a founfing member of the Council of 100 of the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland. The Council is to foster dialogue and better relations between Islam and the West.
Dr. Siddiqi has widely traveled and has lectured at universities, colleges and other academic and religious institutions in Saudi Arabia, South Africa, England, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada, Barbados, Mauritius, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Brazil, United States and Canada. He has taught courses on Islam and world religions at Harvard University, Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Birmingham University, England, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan and California State University in Long Beach. He is at present an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies and world religions at California State University in Fullerton and Chapman University in Orange, California. He is also an external examiner for the Departments of Islamic Studies at the University of Durban-Westville in South Africa, University of Karachi, Pakistan and University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Dr. Siddiqi has participated in many inter-religious dialogues. He spoke at the World Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Vancouver, Canada and has participated in many seminars organized by the National Council of Churches and National Council of Christians and Jews in USA. From NCCJ he also received the Humanitarian of the Year Award in 1999. In September 2001 on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance he was invited by President George Bush to lead a Muslim Prayer at the Interfaith Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral. In November 2005 Dr. Siddiqi was recognized by Orange County Register as one of the 100 people who shaped Orange County in the last twenty five years. In August 2006 LA Times recognized Dr. Siddiqi as one of the top 100 most influential people in Southern California.
Dr. Siddiqi is the Vice President of the Academy of Judaic-Christian and Islamic Studies in California. He is also the member of the Supreme Islamic Council of Egypt and the Supreme Council of Mosques in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He conducted a weekly religious radio program from Pasadena from 1982 till 2004. He has contributed many articles to many Islamic and Academic Journals, Encyclopedias and other publications. He writes a weekly column for Pakistan Link in Los Angeles on the issues of Islamic law and social problems. He also regularly answers many questions on Islamic law at the Islam on Line program on the Internet. (2006)
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| Tawakkul Karman |
 Founder and chairwoman of Woman Journalists without Chains, Tawakul Karman is a Yemeni journalist and activist who has devoted herself to the fight for journalistic freedom for Yemen—a fight which has proven to be difficult, particularly due to the Yemeni government’s adamant opposition to the group’s cause. In response to her crusade, Karman has faced continuous death threats and harassment. These threats of violence have also been extended to her family. In spite of meeting legal requirements, Karman and WJC have been denied a newspaper license. Karman has produced the Semi-Annual Press Freedom Report which indicates an increase in violence against Yemeni journalists. She also led journalists in weekly sit-ins to protest a ban on news alerts through SMS. In an extension of this model, every Tuesday, in the capital city of Sana’a, Karman leads men and women alike in rallies protesting governmental policies and drawing attention to journalists who have been imprisoned for voicing their opinions. However, Karman is not opposed to the Yemeni government specifically, but rather State Security which uses subversive tactics to block groups like Karman’s from operating fully. Despite the resistance Karman faces in her quest, she nonetheless continues to pursue her goal of journalistic freedom in Yemen.
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| Ahmed El Bendary |
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 President Muslim American Society & Founder of Islamic Relief USA
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| Altaf Hussain |
 Altaf Husain is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and his research interests include the integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especially Muslim adolescents, in the United States. Dr. Husain is a former two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA National), a current executive committee member of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), a faculty member of COMPASS - the state of the art management training program of MSA National, chair of the Leadership Development Committee of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the Peaceful Families Project - dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence. Dr. Husain lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Mona, and their two sons.
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| Nihad Awad |
 Mr. Awad is the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington DC-based grassroots membership organization which seeks to empower the North American Muslim community through political and social activism.
Mr. Awad helped found CAIR in June 1994, which has grown rapidly in the United States and Canada. CAIR's experts are frequently interviewed on national and international media such as CNN, BBC World Service, the New York Times and Washington Post while its trademark Action Alerts go nationwide by fax and worldwide on the Internet.
In 1997 Mr. Awad joined the Civil Rights Advisory Panel to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.Mr. Awad conducts media seminars across the country to train Muslim communities in communication techniques. CAIR's publications on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States have been featured on several talk shows and distributed to every member of Congress.
He helped CAIR carry out successful campaigns against major corporations, including Nike, and Simon and Schuster, resulting in the recall of products offensive to Muslims. On civil rights he has been very active in helping Muslims claim their rights in the workplace, in well-known companies such as JC Penney, McDonald's, Sears, Office Depot, and many others. CAIR has also distributed an "Employer's Guide" and an "Educator's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices," which are designed to prevent acts of discrimination, and more such guides are forthcoming. CAIR publishes many useful materials including a "Media Relations Handbook" and something every Muslim should carry, the "Know Your Rights Pocket Guide," all of which are available by contacting the CAIR office.
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Hatem Bazian
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 Dr. Hatem Bazian, received his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Islamic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, Bazian is a senior lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic Studies. Dr. Bazian between 2002-2007, also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on Islamic Law and Society, Islam in America: Communities and Institutions, De-Constructing Islamophobia and Othering of Islam, Religious Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. In addition to Berkeley, Dr. Bazian is a visiting Professor in Religious Studies at Saint Mary's College of California and adviser to the Religion, Politics and Globalization Center at UC Berkeley as well as Academic Affairs Chair at Zaytuna College of California. In Spring 2009, Dr. Bazian founded at Berkeley the Cente for the Study and Documentation of Islam phobia, a research unit dedicated to the systematic study of Othering Islam and Muslims.
Bazian is known for being an organic intellectual, a term used for academics directly connecting their research to the people; rather than looking down from the ivory tower. Dr. Bazian's published book, Jerusalem in Islamic Consciousness, is a reflection of his desire to contribute to a better understanding of Muslim attachment and informed political attitudes toward the Sacred City and Palestine in general. Currently, Dr. Bazian is working on two books, Silicon Rush: Documenting Muslim Communities in the the Silicon Valley; and Virtual Internment: Muslims and the War on Terrorism. Bazian most recent publication is a chapter contribution in French on Islam phobia and an entry to Oxford's Human Rights Encyclopedia covering the HR under the Palestinian Authority.
As an activist, Dr. Bazian has played a significant role almost in every human and civil rights movement in the Bay Area, nationally and internationally including the defense of Affirmative Action in California, American With Disabilities Act, Anti-Apartheid, Anti-Globalization Movement, and Central American Solidarity struggles.
Dr. Bazian worked as Editor in Chief of Discourse Magazine, a monthly progressive publication in SF and post 9-11, co-hosted “Islam Today,” a 94.1 KPFA, KBFB in Berkeley and KFCF in Fresno weekly radio magazine show covering Islam and its diverse people around the world. Since September 11, he has appeared in many TV and Radio interviews, offered frequent commentary on current affairs and is a regular consultant for the San Francisco Chronicle on stories relating to Palestine, the Arab world, Islam, Muslims and world politics.
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Muna Ali
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 Muna Ali is a Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on Islam in America and on issues of identity, intra-community relations, and civic engagement among Muslim Americans. Muna's research interests also include immigration, Arab Americans, Western Muslims, religion in the public sphere, and culture & health. She was a co-researcher on an oral history project of Arizona Muslims and showcased that history in a public exhibit and a street festival. She published on Muslim Americans and is currently working on her dissertation focusing on second and subsequent generations (descendents of converts and immigrants).
Muna has presented numerous academic papers and has lectured extensively on Islam and Muslims in America to colleges, corporations and governmental organizations as well as civic and interfaith groups. She has served on mosque and food bank boards and on Islamic schools and social services committees. She is a community organizer and has volunteered as Islamic weekend school teacher, youth mentor and advisor, refugee re-settlement assistant, and women's study group coordinator and has organized conferences. Muna co-founded Muslim Graduate Student Group at ASU-Tempe, Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona and Arizona Muslim Historical Society.
She also works as physical therapist in outpatient clinic.
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Safa Zarzour
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 Safaa Zarzour is an educator, a long time ISNA volunteer, a civic leader, and an Attorney.
Mr. Zarzour holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law, a Masters in Education from the University of Illinois in Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Arkansas State University. He is a member of the Bar in the State of Illinois, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mr. Zarzour is a passionate educator. He is currently an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School teaching courses in Education and Islamic Law. For over a decade, he served as a teacher and then principal at Universal School, one of the largest PreK-12 independent Islamic schools in the United States with enrollment of over 650 students. During his tenure at Universal, the school tripled its enrollment and became known among Islamic schools in North America for pioneering educational and social service programs as well as outstanding student academic achievement. Mr. Zarzour continues to serve as the vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Universal School.
In addition, Mr. Zarzour is a recognized national educational leader. He is the chairman of the Council of Islamic Schools of North America, CISNA, which claims membership of 50 Islamic schools and educational organizations. CISNA’s goal is to provide services to the over 300 Islamic schools in North America. Also, Mr. Zarzour serves as the Program Chair of the ISNA Education Forum since its inception in December 1999. The Forum provides networking and professional development opportunities to over 500 Islamic school educators annually.
Working with the broader community in the area of education, Mr. Zarzour is also a member of the Board of Advisors of St. Xavier University School of Education and member of the Board of Directors of the Governor State University Foundation.
Mr. Zarzour is known to many local Muslim communities in the United States and around the world including Belgium, South Africa, and the Middle East, through his workshops, lectures, and presentations on legal, educational, and community issues. In 2008, Mr. Zarzour was a presenter at the Brussels Forum, an annual gathering of political, civic, and academic leaders on both sides of the Atlantic brought together by the German Marshal Fund to discuss issues of development, security, education, and future relations between Europe and the United States.
Mr. Zarzour is active in interfaith circles. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Bernadine Center at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago where he serves along with distinguished faith leaders from the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities. He has participated for several years in the Mid-Atlantic Muslim-Catholic Dialogue. In 2005, Mr. Zarzour participated in a “Religion and the Press” symposium sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University alongside Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Francis George, Michael Kotzin, Executive Vice President of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and professor and scholar of religion Edith Blumhofer, to discuss the responsibility of the media to report the facts accurately, regarding religion and religious communities, and the ramifications of erroneous coverage and stereotyping.
Mr. Zarzour is a well known civic leader in Chicago’s southwest suburb of Bridgeview. He has served in various capacities in his town, including as an administrative coordinator, Zoning Commissioner, and an elected trustee of the Bridgeview Public Library. Currently he is serving his second term as an elected Commissioner of the Bridgeview Park District. In 2006, he was named to the transition team of Illinois State Treasurer, Alexi Giannoulias, who is currently running to fill President Obama’s vacated seat in the United States Senate.
Mr. Zarzour’s civic and educational work has been featured in many media including 60 Minutes, PBS Front Line, Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine and many others. Mr. Zarzour has received several honors and awards for his public service. Most recently, Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley handed him the Chicago Commission on Human Relations’ 2009 Outstanding Service Award.
Over the last 15 years, Mr. Zarzour helped establish and has served on the boards of a variety of local community and advocacy organizations including being the chairman of the Council on American Islamic Relations in Chicago.
As an attorney, Mr. Zarzour is a principal of the law firm of Zarzour, Khalil & Tabbara, LLC. He focuses his law practice in the areas of local government, education and nonprofit law. Prior to his founding of the law firm, Mr. Zarzour worked for several years as an associate attorney at the law firm of Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen, Illinois.
Mr. Zarzour lives with his wife Rhonda and their children in Bridgeview, Illinois.
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Imad Bayoun
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 Dr. Imad Bayoun is widely recognized for his commitment to religious education, especially among the youth, as a lecturer for the Muslim American Society (MAS).
Bayoun was born in Beirut, Lebanon, where he received his BS and MS from the American University of Beirut. He received his PhD in Entomology from the Texas A&M University. He resides in Riverside and works as the Insectary and Quarantin...e Officer at the Entomology Department of University of California in Riverside.
He is currently pursuing a PhD in Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Foundation.
He taught Aqeedah and Fiqhas-Seerah (Jurisprudence of the Prophet’s Biography) at the Islamic American University, and has published several audio series on “Purification of the Heart”, “Muslim Character”, and other topics.
Some of his lectures are available to listen/download at imadbayoun.com
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Naeem Baig
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 Naeem M. Baig, is Vice President for Public Affairs of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). He is also serving as the Executive Director for “ICNA Council For Social Justice”. Mr. Baig served as the Secretary General of the Islamic Circle of North America from 2000 to 2004, and later from 2006 to 2008. He was recently elected to serve on the National Board of ICNA for the session 2010 - 2012.
Mr. Baig played a major role in strengthening ICNA's Interfaith Relations Department. During his time as the Secretary General, ICNA became member of many Interfaith organizations, like Religions for Peace USA and National Muslim Christian Initiative. Mr. Baig served as the consultant on the 'Study on Christian-Muslim Relations', sponsored by the Department of Interfaith Relations of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Currently, he co-chairs the 'National Muslim-Christian Initiative'." He is also member of the Taskforce on Global Initiative on Faith, Health and Development.
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| Amal Ali |
 Amal Ali completed her graduate studies at the University of Chicago on the acculturative coping strategies employed by Muslim American youth as they attempt to reconcile conceptual differences in their hyphenated identity. A long-time youth activist herself, she served as Head Counselor at the Muslim Youth Center in Bridgeview for four years and organized youth programs for Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN). Her experience in youth development ranges from years of MYNA camps, MCC camps, MSA, and more. Amal is currently Director of the Youth Development Department at the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) where she oversees the empowerment and capacity building of Northern Illinois' Islamic schools, youth groups, and MSAs; manages interfaith, service and civic opportunities for Muslim youth; and administers Muslim cultural sensitivity training to Illinois public school faculties.
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| Muslema Purmul |
 Ustadha Muslema Purmul was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and raised in San Diego, California. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in the Study of Religion and a Bachelor’s in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of California at San Diego. She has served the Muslim Students’ Association, MSA West and the Muslim American Society (MAS) in various capacities, is an active MAS member, and a scholarship student with the Islamic American University. Muslema and her husband, Jamaal Diwan, participated in the International Union of Muslim Scholars “Future Scholars Program” in 2008/2009. They are currently pursuing Bachelor’s degrees in the College of Shari`ah at al-Azhar University in Cairo, and Master’s degrees from the American University in Cairo in Arabic Studies with an emphasis in Islamic Studies. Muslema can be reached at muslema@aucegypt.edu
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| Jamaal Diwan |
 Jamaal Diwan was born and raised in Southern California and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Third World Studies and a minor in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego . He has served with the Muslim Student Association (MSA), MSA West, and Muslim American Society (MAS) in varying capacities. He remains an active MAS member and is a scholarship student with the Islamic American University. Jamaal and his wife, Muslema Purmul, participated in the International Union of Muslim Scholars “Future Scholars Program” in 2008/2009. They are currently pursuing Bachelor’s degrees at the College of Shari`ah at al-Azhar University in Cairo, and Master’s degrees from the American University in Cairo in Arabic Studies with an emphasis in Islamic Studies. Jamaal can be reached at jamaal_diwan@yahoo.com
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| Mohamed Rida Beshir |
 Dr. Mohamed Rida Beshir, with his wife, has co-authored several best-selling books on family issues and parenting, among them: Meeting the Challenge of Parenting in the West:an Islamic Perspective, Muslim Teens: Today’s Worry, Tomorrow’s Hope, a Practical Islamic Parenting Guide, Blissful Marriage, and Parenting Skills based on Qur’an and Sunnah, as well as other parenting books in Arabic. Some of their parenting books have been translated into several languages such as French, German and Albanian. Dr. Beshir has taught many courses on the subject of parenting in North American society with the Islamic American University. He has been contributing regularly to the family section of various Muslim magazines, such as, Islamic Horizons, The Message, and American Muslim. He also assisted as an adviser for the original Islam online website’s family section. He has conducted thousands of workshops on parenting, marriage and tarbiyah matters throughout the world. Dr. Mohamed Rida Beshir is the recipient of the City of Ottawa Certificate of Appreciation for 2003 for his volunteer work in the area of Education. He recently founded www.familydawn.com, a comprehensive family website with a collection of articles, case studies, frequently asked questions, and resources on Islamic family matters.
- An engineer by profession, with over 30 years of experience in Da’wa work in North America
- He has held various elected positions with MSA, ISNA, and MAS on both national and local levels.
- He led the training and development department of the Muslim American Society (MAS) for over 6 years. And was a member for the department for 2 decades
- He is a regular speaker in ISNA, ICNA, MSA and MAS conferences.
- He is a Recipient of the Ottawa Muslim Association Volunteer award for his contribution to the Ottawa Muslim Community
- He is a Recipient of the Ottawa Muslim Circle award for his volunteer contribution to the Circle
- He is a member of the advisory board of SIFCA “Shura of Islamic Family Counselors of America”
- He is one of the founding members of HCI “Human Concern International” and served for over a decade as the vice president of HCI
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| Abdel Elsiddig |
 He was born in the Sudan. He graduated in the Faculty of Law, U. of Khartoum. Later he received his Masters degree from the U of Penn Law School in Philadelphia. He then obtained his Doctorate degree ( Islamic Legal Theory) from Temple U., Philadelphia. He has served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Law, Religion & Society), at Temple U., and as a Professor of Islamic Law at the Islamic American University. He is Founder & former Director, Aqsa Family Center, Bridgeview, Illinois and is a Certified Life Coach of Scream Free Living. Dr Elsiddig currently resides in Palos Heights with his wife and their four children.
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| Osama Abu-irshaid |
 Osama Abu-Irshaid is completing his Ph.D. at Loughborough University, U.K., and is the founder and editor in chief of Al-Meezan newspaper, published in Arabic in the United States. He is a regular commentator on Palestinian and Middle Eastern affairs as well as on the American domestic and foreign policy on various Arabic satellite T.V. channels such as Aljazeera, Syrian T.V., Al-Alam, Abu-Dhabi, Alhiwar T.V, and Iran T. V. Also, he lecturers on Middle Eastern and American Politics. He authored or coauthored several books in Arabic and he published dozens of studies and articles mostly in Arabic and some in English. He is the coauthor of the study: Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility. A study published in English (June, 2009) by The United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Osama Abu-Irshaid is known activist in our community.
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| Aisheh Said |
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| Kifah Mustapha |
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 Imam Kifah Mustapha is an Imam and the Associate Director of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, IL. He is also a teacher of Islamic Studies at Universal High in Bridgeview IL.
Imam Kifah Mustapha serves as a committee member on the Advisory Board of Mission and Spiritual Care for Advocate Health Group in Illinois. Sheikh Kifah Mustapha also serves as a member on the steering Committee for Better Health Care Campaign in Illinois.
Imam Kifah Mustapha serves as the Interim President for SIFCA (the Shura of Islamic Family Counselors). He is also the Chairman of the Board for The Quran Institute MAS Chicago.
He is a member of the Arab American Religious Council of Greater Chicago.
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Ahmed Rehab
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 Ahmed Rehab is an American Muslim activist and writer with a focus on contemporary social issues including civil rights, media relations, and Islam-West relations. Rehab is a regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post, and CNN.com, his Op-Eds have been published in numerous newspapers around the country, and he has been interviewed numerous times by the Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily Herald, the Washington Post, the Orlando Sentinel, the Economist, the Boston Globe, Crain’s Business Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Germany’s Die Zeit, and many more. Rehab is also a frequent guest on TV and cable news networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, BBC, as well as on radio stations. His commentaries can be heard on Chicago Public Radio. Rehab is active on the national speaking circuit, he has spoken at organizations and University campuses in Chicago and around the United States, as well as in Europe, Australia, Egypt, and Kenya. Prior to joining CAIR in August of 2004, Rehab was a software engineer at Arthur Andersen LLP – a global consulting firm; a consultant for Chicago’s Niagara Foundation – a cutting-edge interfaith organization that promotes global fellowship; and a US Soccer Federation Official. He is the founder of Ibex Computers, and Amrex Media.
Ahmed Rehab holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering from DePaul University and a Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Illinois. Rehab is the former Vice-Chairman of RefugeeOne (RefugeeOne.org) and current board member. He serves as a board member of the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), the Chicago Human Relations Advisory Committee, and the Egyptian American Society. He also served as a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ (CCGA) Muslim task force, and the Chicago 2016 Arab Leadership Council. In 2011, Rehab was appointed by Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, as an Advisor to the Governor via the newly formed Illinois Muslim Advisory Council. Rehab is an alumnus of the FBI Citizen’s Academy, an Eisenhower fellow of the American Assembly, and a 2009 Recipient of the Lincolnland Legend award.
Ahmed Rehab is currently the Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization which under Rehab’s tenure has developed from a start-up into one of the most notable not-for-profit civil rights offices of its kind anywhere in the United States.
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| Khalilah Sabra |
 Director of MAS-Freedom, State of North Carolina, Born in Agana, Guam; an island near Japan in the South Pacific. Came to the US, reared a Catholic, most post university education was Catholic Schools in California. Attended California State University, LA for undergraduate work in Education and Criminal Justice. Graduate work continued at UCLA in Paralegal Studies, specializing in the field of Litigation. Completed internships in the office of the Lt. Governor of the State of California, in the office of Congressmen Mervyn Dymally and Congresswomen Yvonne Brathwaite Burke.
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