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Dr. Jamal Badawi (Confirmed)
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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 Counci
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Imam Zaid Shakir (Confirmed)
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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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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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- Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi (Confirmed)
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Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi is a member of the ruling family of the Emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates and infamously known as the “Green Sheikh”, is taking his message of ’holistic living’ to the world, activating his networks worldwide and inspiring people of all ages, religions and backgrounds.
Sheikh Al Nuaimi is currently serving as environmental advisor to the Ajman Government, and the CEO of Al Ihsan Charity Centre, where he is also Chairman of the International Steering Committee for the Global Initiative Towards a Sustainable Iraq (GITSI), and honourable president of Zayed Environmental Impact Network (ZEIN) at Zayed University UAE.
He has coordinated the formation of environmentally and socially responsible non-governmental organizations and is creating collective collaboration between public, private and local communities, advising decision makers, participating in steering committees for strategic sustainability across sectors, and through the media, advocating Environmentally-friendly approaches to development, guided by Quranic teachings on tawhid (unity), khalifa (stewardship) and amana (trust).
He states that it is his life’s mission to achieve all manners of excellent deeds for the satisfaction of Allah (God). He aims for holistic living which he describes as being connected to the daily circle of life; balancing the spiritual, the intellectual, the physical, the emotional, the aesthetic, the environmental and his own inner peace to help spread peace throughout the world and in the process achieve wisdom. He extends this vision to all those around him.
His Educational background is in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, diploma in Military Science and Master of Science in Environmental Management. He earned his PhD in Cleaner Production and Industrial (Ecology) Eco-Systems.
In 2004 he was awarded first place of his research specifically pertaining to sustainable development at the doctoral level at the 97th Annual Conference and Exhibition at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. In 2007 awarded as the UAE fine volunteering personality in environment and humanitarian via Sharjah Volunteering Awards. Three Mayors of three cities in Miami presented him with three distinct and prestigious awards. Mayor Julio Robaina of the City of Hialeah presented to announce a Proclamation Award naming the 25th of September, “Sheikh Abdul Aziz Day,” Mayor Matti Herrera Bower of City of Miami Beach gave him the key to the her city. Mayor Carlos Alvarez of the City of Miami closed the ceremony by presenting him with the Visitor’s Award to his city. This year 2010 Sheikh Al Nuaimi awarded the Islamic Personality by Fujairah Quranic Award in the UAE.
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- Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi (Confirmed)
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Sh. Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi holds a PhD in Islamic Shariah (law), with specialization in Jurisprudence (Fiqh).
He has taught Islamic Shar'iah and Jurisprudence subject in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for six years and dealt with various subjects such as principles of jurisprudence (Usool Al-Fiqh), Islamic Culture, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic movements and Fiqh of Organization.
He also has M.A. in Islamic law. Ummal Qura University, Makkah, KSA, 1983. He is licensed in Shariah from Islamic university, Madina, Saudi Arabia in 1978. He is currently the Imam of Masjid Al-Falah in Toronto, Canada, which serves as ICNA headquarters in Canada.
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Dr. Zahid Bukhari (Confirmed)
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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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- Dr. Mohamed Al-Awadi (Kuwait) (Visa Pending)
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- Islamic advocate from Kuwait active in promoting good ethics and becoming more religious in the community he specializes in the teenagers. He graduated from Kuwait from college of education specializing in Islamic studies.
- Doctor Mohammad Alawadi was born in Kuwait in 1959.
- Graduated from Tarbiya College in Kuwait in 1981.
- Then in 1986 he graduated from College of Education in Kuwait.
- He received his Masters from Um Al-Qura University from Mecca Almokramah in 1992.
- He then received his PHD from Um Al-Qura University.
- Journalist and author for many magazines and newspapers.
- Producer and presenter of “Baynee wa Baynakum” on Alrai Alkuwaiti television station, the television show is an easy way to learn Islamic ways and Quran and to present them into society.
- He addresses everyday problems and solves them through Islamic views and teachings. The television show became a huge success thanks to Dr. Alawadi’s personality that is greatly loved from the viewers.
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Dr. Ahmed El Bendary (Confirmed)
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President Muslim American Society & Founder of Islamic Relief
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- Sh. Jamal Said (Confirmed)
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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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- Born 1995 in Kuwait
- He studied in College of Industry in 1971 from there he went on a scholarship to Britain and he then received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Bournemouth University in 1978 and his Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from Dayton University in the United States of America in 1990.
- He was an Islamic preacher at the mosque since he was a student in college and he also presented his preaching’s in the television and through the radio stations.
- Journalist and writer for Mojtama Magazine, Alkoobos, Alanba, Alwasat, Sout Alkuwait, and also Alrai Alalam.
- He is the Chairman of Board of Directors in Bash’ir Alkhair Society Cure for Drug Addicts
Member in Alaslah Alijtmaeh Society and also Society of National Prevention of Drugs, and Union of Non-Government Arabian Colleges for the prevention of Drugs.
- Member in many of the Conventions for Rehab in the Middle East, Gulf area and nationwide.
- Published many books in preventing and Overcoming Drugs he published over 37books and his books were translated into English, French, Urdu, Persian, Malaysian, and Turkish.
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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 Center 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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- Ustaz. Mustafa Housny (Confirmed)
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-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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- Imam Mahdy Bray (Confirmed)
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Bray is a long time civil and human rights activist currently serving as the Executive Director of MAS Freedom (MASF), the Washington, D.C.-based civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS). Bray also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and is a national board member of Religions for Peace – USA. He has formerly served as both President of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations (CCMO) and as a board member of the Interfaith Alliance, America's largest interfaith organization with over 150,000 members.
Bray also serves the community as a host of the Washington, D.C.-based television program, Islamic Perspectives, and hosts The Crescent Report on New World Radio (WUST-1120AM), the Multicultural Voice of the Metropolitan Area.
Bray is also author of The Masjid Voter's Guide and The Political Guide for Masjid Activists
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Dr. Abdel Azim M. Elsiddig (Confirmed)
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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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- Dr. Imad Bayoun (Confirmed)
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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) and as a council member of the MAS-Inland Empire chapter, Bayoun spends most of his free time teaching others about Islam. His unique way of speaking talking to the heart has inspired many. Bayoun was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and came to the United States in 1989. He currently resides in Riverside and works as an entomologist, employed as the Insectary and Quarantine Officer at the University of California at Riverside.
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- Dr. Altaf Hussain (Confirmed)
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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 'Omar and
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- Dr. Hatem Haj (Confirmed)
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Personal
D.O.B.: 9/6/1388 AH. 09/02/1968 AD. Born in Cairo, Egypt
Currently, resides in the United States of America
Fluency in Arabic & English
Married and has four children
Degrees Islamic
Master`s Degree in Islamic law (Sharee`a) from the American Open University, Grade: summa cum laude (excellent).
PhD in Comparative Fiqh from al-Jinan University, Tripoli, Lebanon, Grade: summa cum laude (excellent).
Medical
M.B., CH.B. (Equivalent to MD) Graduated with Honors from Alexandria University Medical School, Alexandria, Egypt
Board Certification in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Jobs
Currently, Attending Pediatrician, Albert Lea Medical Center (Mayo Health System) Albert Lea.
Currently, Associate Professor of Fiqh at Sharia Academy of America and Islamic University of Minnesota.
1991-1994 Imam of Masjid al-Birr of Astoria, NY.
Memberships Islamic
Fatwa Committee of AMJA, Member
Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota, Member
The Building Blocks of Islam, President
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Mr. Safaa Zarzour (Confirmed)
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Safaa Zarzour is the current Secretary General of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He 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.
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.
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. He 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.
Mr. Zarzour lives with his wife Rhonda and their children in Bridgeview, Illinois.
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Tariq H. Cheema is the founder of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, an organization dedicated to bringing together donors for the exchange of ideas and proven practices, and to institute an environment of enduring engagement. Dr. Cheema received his MD from University of Istanbul in 1992 and did an advanced study in Philanthropy at Loyola University Chicago. In 2002, he was selected for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. He co-founded Doctors Worldwide (DWW), an international medical relief organization, and Diversity Forum, a project funded by Rockefeller Foundation to encourage dialogue and understanding about critical social divides. In addition, Dr. Cheema played a pivotal role in Indo-Pak Peace Network, a Diaspora movement that promotes goodwill among two rival nuclear nations.
Being a successful entrepreneur, he was invited to mentor MBA students at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Cheema is the recipient of Entrepreneurship Recognition Award from the Kellogg School of Management and the 2004 Community Service Award from Asian American Coalition of Chicago. In 2004, He joined the Chicago-based Nonprofit Empowerment Group as consultant where he assisted organizations in the fields of governance, program development, strategic planning and global advocacy.
Dr. Cheema is currently serving as the executive director of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani-descent of North America (APPNA)—one of the largest ethnic medical societies in the United States involved in research, education, community health and disaster relief. In addition, he serves on the boards of Chicago Global Donors Network and HEED Foundation, Pakistan.
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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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- Mr. Hossam AlJabri (Confirmed)
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Hossam AlJabri is the Executive Director of the Muslim American Society. He is a Board of Trustee member of the Interreligious Center on Public Life (ICPL). He is an advisory board member in Harvard University Islam in the West Project, Boston Muslims Survey. He holds an Engineering degree, and an MBA from Suffolk University, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Strategic Management from Harvard University. He studied Islamic studies with traditional scholars, as well as in the Islamic American University, the American Open University, and Boston University.
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- Imam Kifah Mustapha (Confirmed)
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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.
Imam Kifah Mustapha is an experienced public speaker and an active participant in interfaith relations.
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- Dr. Hamed Ghazali (Confirmed)
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Dr. Hamed Ghazali, professor of Tarbiyah and education with the Islamic American University. Dr. Ghazali has extensive experience in the field of Tarbiyah and issues related to work in classroom management. He holds a Ph.D. from the department of Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University. Dr. Ghazali worked as a principal and superintendent of several Islamic Schools.
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- Mr. Mohamed Nasir (Confirmed)
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Mohamad Nasir, Executive Director of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago. He background in executive management, Sales & Marketing. Before joining CIOGC, Mohamad managed Chicago Business & Practice Development where his client assignments have delivered measurable results in Strategic Planning, Leadership & Teambuilding, Training, Organizational Development, Finance and Accounting and Innovation & Technology.
Mohamad served as Vice President of the Islamic Community Center of Illinois as well as the Chairman of The ICCI Academy Board of Education . Mohamad also served as the representative to the Park Ridge School District. Mohamd also served as the Vice Chair of Public Relations for the Mount Prospect Toastmasters.
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Kiran Ansari is the Communications Director at the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago www.ciogc.org and Editor of the Chicago Crescent, www.chicagocrescent.com the monthly publication of the Council. Kiran has been a part of the Chicago Crescent editorial team since 2006. She has an MBA with a major in marketing and has bylines in more than 20 publications including the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Chicago Parent, Chicago Public Radio, Azizah Magazine and Islamic Horizons among others. As Communications Director at the Council, she has been quoted in dozens of media outlets in stories about Islam and American Muslims. Contact her at: crescent@ciogc.org
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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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Othman Atta is a lawyer and the former president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. He is an activist and the recipient of the Wisconsin ACLU’s “Civil Libertarian of the Year” award, which he received in 2002.
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Imam Ahmed Elkhaldy was born in Kuwait in 1974 and moved with his family to Egypt in 1984, completing his high school education at the Alazhar Academy in Cairo in 1992. In 1995 he received his diploma in Islamic Studies from Alazhar University, and in 1996 completed his education at the Alazhar University College of Dentistry. Elkhaldy then moved to Orlando, Florida where in 1999 he completed two years of study in Computer Science at Valencia Community College. In addition, he was a student at the Islamic American University in Michigan. Elkhaldy has lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa since 2000, where he is happily married to wife Mona and is raising two sons and a step-son.
Imam Elkhaldy is President of the Muslim American Society (Iowa Chapter), as well as he is the National Director of the Service Corps (MSC), MAS Service Corps is the newly established charity and volunteer division of the Muslim American Society. Prior to that Imam Ahmed served as the National Director of the Inter Religious Center of the Muslim American Society. He also served six years as Imam of the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids and four years as Associate Imam of the Islamic Society of Central Florida. He has been a member of the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County’s Board of Directors since 2000, and has served as Vice- President since 2004. He is a co-founder and member of the Executive Committee of the Children of Abraham in Cedar Rapids, formed in 2005. In 2006 Elkhaldy joined the Board of Directors of Barnabas Uplift, an outreach program to assist the working poor in the community. In addition, he is a member of the Nation outreach department of the Muslim American Society.
Elkhaldy has done extensive work in public education and outreach programs, leading seminars and workshops locally and nationally for churches and retreat centers, including Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran and Presbyterian; public and private middle and high schools; colleges, including Kirkwood Community College, Coe College, and Mt. Mercy College, all in Cedar Rapids, and Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls; law enforcement groups, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals; U.S. Army and U.S. Marines personnel; educators’ groups; Rotary and Optimist clubs; the International Visitors Leadership program at the University of Iowa; and presentations and workshops on interfaith and diversity within the working and school environment. In addition, Elkhaldy teaches Arabic and Islamic Studies for continuing education programs at Kirkwood Community College, and is a speaker and moderator for many local and national conferences. He has been a guest on TV and radio talk shows, and is a trainer for inter-faith work.
Elkhaldy has a second-degree black belt in Judo, and practices Hapkido, Arnis and Kumdo. He is a licensed Judo instructor with the United States Martial Arts Association and enjoys leading youth activities and programs.
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- Sr. Khalilah Sabra (Confirmed)
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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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Kristin Szremski is a journalist, spending more than 20 years as an investigative reporter and editor. Her writing has won awards from the Associated Press, the Illinois Press Association, the Suburban Newspapers Association and the National Federation of Press Women, among others. Ms. Szremski has been published nationally and internationally. Her work has appeared online at the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Dallas Morning News, among other news outlets globally. She has also worked as a correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald, among others. She is a member of the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, Association of Women Journalists, Journalist Association of Women, Journalism and Women Symposium, the Chicago Headline Club and the Muslim American Association of Journalists. Kristin Szremski is a journalist, spending more than 20 years as an investigative reporter and editor. Her writing has won awards from the Associated Press, the Illinois Press Association, the Suburban Newspapers Association and the National Federation of Press Women, among others. Ms. Szremski has been published nationally and internationally. Her work has appeared online at the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Dallas Morning News, among other news outlets globally. She has also worked as a correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald, among others. She is a member of the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, Association of Women Journalists, Journalist Association of Women, Journalism and Women Symposium, the Chicago Headline Club and the Muslim American Association of Journalists.
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Edmund Arroyo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed School Social Worker. He is a graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago Jane Adams School of Social Work and Knox College in Galesburg, IL. He is the founder of The Heartspeak Institute, where the goal is to provide counseling and education to individuals, couples, and families in an environment that respects their individual and cultural dynamics. With experience in hospital, public schools, and a child welfare agency, Edmund has worked with clients on many types of individual, family, and societal issues. He lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with is wife and two children.
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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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