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Muhammad Nur Abdullah Zerqa Abid
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She is also a member of Golden Key brief guide for helping professionals entitled
International Society. What Islam Says About Domestic Violence.
In addition, she is associate producer of the
Abid is proud to accomplish all of the above video Garments for One Another: Ending
while strictly observing Islamic dress code Domestic Violence in Muslim Families.
including head scarf and face veil.
Since 2007, she has been part of Faith Trust
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri Institute’s Leadership team, providing
training to clergy and faith communities on
issues related to domestic violence. She is
also a member of the Interfaith Coalition
against Domestic Violence, a national effort
with a focus on guiding policy and
legislation that supports domestic violence
survivors.
Salma Elkadi Abugideiri is a licensed
professional counselor in private practice in Swami Agnivesh
Reston, VA. She received her master’s
degree in counseling from George Mason
University, and completed a post-master’s
certification program in marriage and family
therapy at Virginia Tech. She provides
individual and family therapy for a wide
range of problems, including mood
disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, abuse,
and cultural adjustment issues. She has
worked extensively with Middle Eastern and Swami Agnivesh, is a prominent Arya
Muslim families. Samaj scholar, social activist and a
champion for peace, harmony and interfaith
As co-Director of the Peaceful Families dialogue. He is the president of the World
Project, an organization dedicated to Council of Arya Samaj, an associate of the
educating Muslim community leaders and original "Arya Samaj", a Hindu reform
members about domestic violence, she movement founded by Swami Dayanand
provides educational workshops and Saraswati in 1875. He is the Chairperson of
develops resources related to domestic 'United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on
violence among Muslims. She has written a Contemporary forms of Slavery' and also the
chapter in Walking Together: Working with Chairperson of Bonded Labour Liberation
Women from Diverse Religious Traditions Front.
entitled “Working with Muslim women:
Understanding Religious and Cultural In 1977, he was elected Member of the
Issues,” as well as “Domestic Violence Legislative Assembly of the state of
among Muslims Seeking Mental Health Haryana, and became the State's Minister for
Counseling,” which is in the edited volume Education, 1979-1982. In 1981, while still a
Change from Within: Diverse Perspectives minister, he founded the Bonded Labour
on Domestic Violence in Muslim Liberation Front, which continues to fight
Communities. She has also co-authored a against bonded labour as a form of slavery
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Akbar Ahmed
Nazir Ahmed
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legislation against religious discrimination, teacher, Gillian Gibbons, allowed her class
international terrorism and forced to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Lord
marriages.[citation needed] Ahmed, from Britain's ruling Labour Party,
and Baroness Warsi, an opposition
At home, Ahmed speaks on wider equality Conservative, visited Khartoum and had a
issues, and has spoken several times on meeting with the President of Sudan.
issues of race, religion and gender. He is Following this the President pardoned Ms
seen as one of the leaders of the Muslim Gibbons and she was allowed to return to
community. the UK.
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Assad R. Akhter Mehmet Aktas
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Saqib Ali Shariq Ali
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works as an advisor to several political, civic include: Al Qazali and his Methodology in
and academic institutions seeking to Fiqh legislation, Aisha’s Commentaries and
understand the role of Islam and Muslims in Their Methodological Premises in Hadith
America and throughout the world. Sciences, What Islam Says about Domestic
Violence: A Guide for Helping Muslim
Families, and others. Currently, she teaches
Iyad Alnachef Islamic and Arabic Studies along with the
Culture of Middle East at Northern Virginia
Community College NOVA and the School
of Advanced International Studies at Johns
Hopkins University. She has developed
courses in Arabic Studies examining the link
between Islamic Philosophy, language and
the culture at previous institutes. Ms. Alwani
also teaches Women and Family in Quran at
Iyad Alnachef earned his Masters in Youth GSISS. She is a Board Member on different
Development from Michigan State academic, educational, and social
University. Between January 1999 and organizations.
September 2005, Iyad worked as an Islamic
Studies/Arabic Teacher, youth leader, and Shahed Amanullah
youth program director in several Islamic
Centers in Michigan and Ohio. During that
period, he organized about several youth
camps, events and programs in that area.
“Today Show”, and “Hannity & Colmes.” for Recovery and Community Health as the
sole recipient of the 2005-7 American
Shahed is also the founder of Halalfire Psychological Association’s (APA)
Media LLC, a network of Islamic-themed Minority Fellowship Program SAMHSA
websites with over 6 million annual visitors. postdoctorate award. She has gained
Along with altmuslim.com, signature widespread recognition for developing
properties include zabihah.com, the world’s cultural competence training curriculums for
largest database of Halal restaurants and social service providers working with
markets, salatomatic.com, an extensive list Muslims and Arabs. Her research focuses on
of reviewed mosques and schools in stress and mental health among Arab
Muslim-minority countries, Americans in the post 9/11 era, as well as a
unitedmuslims.org, a resource for civic Yale Child Study Center study of Arab
engagement, and halalapalooza.com, a Muslim youth identity. Dr. Amer is Editor-
comprehensive guide to Islamic e- in-Chief for the scientific Journal of Muslim
commerce. Mental Health and consults for state and
federal agencies. She was awarded the
Shahed has served as a board member of the prestigious APA Award for Distinguished
United Muslims of America, the Muslim Graduate Student in Professional
Public Service Network, and the Muslim Psychology for her work with Muslim and
Youth Camp of California. He is also a Arab Americans. She has been invited to
general partner in Zakat Community give keynote talks in the US, UK, and
Ventures, the first “venture philanthropy” Middle East, and her research has been
fund dedicated to promoting Islamic featured in international radio and print
charitable values. media including leading Arabic newspaper
Asharq Alawsat, German National Radio,
and a USA Today cover story.
Dr. Mona Amer
Patricia Anton
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Azhar Azeez
Sadida Athaullah, born and raised in
Hyderabad, India, is the literary executor of
the great 20th century Islamic scholar Dr.
Muhammad Hamidullah and Director of the
Muhammad Hamidullah Center. Athaullah
holds an Master's degree in Education and
works for the public school system of
western Maryland. Regularly involved in Azhar Azeez was born in 1971 in
peace and justice issues, she is a founding HYDERABAD, INDIA and has been living
member of the Muslim Peace Fellowship in US since 1995. He has bachelors in
and sits on its board. Finance from Osmania University and a
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Master’s degree in business administration groups within the firm. After graduating
(MBA) and currently is pursuing his PhD in from DePaul University School of Law, he
Islamic studies. For last 14 years he worked worked as an associate at a prominent
for major US corporations such as General Chicago corporate law firm. Mr. Azam then
Electric, American General Life and Capital set out to create a brand new firm focused
One. He is a member of ISNA Executive on the needs of small businesses and
Council (Central Zone Representative) since professionals, especially those in the South
2003 and is also the founder and current Asian community. Today Lakeshore Law
President of Islamic Association of Group LLP represents many prominent
Carrollton, Texas one of the large mosques physicians, small and medium-sized
in the suburbs of Dallas, TX. He was also a businesses in the Chicago area and across
founding member & past President of the country. Mr. Azam also serves as legal
Council on American Islamic Relations – advisor to several Muslim community non-
Dallas/ Fort Worth Chapter. He is a regular profit organizations and is on the board of
speaker and a fundraiser for various local, the Pakistani American Bar Association of
regional and national Islamic organizations. North America and the Downtown Islamic
He has made several media appearances and Center.
was interviewed by many local and national
T.V. stations and newspapers such as Ihsan Bagby
affiliates of CBS, ABC, FOX, KDTN, NBC,
PBS KERA, CNN, Associated Press, USA
today, Dallas Morning news etc. He speaks
regularly on local & national radio programs
and has written for various newspapers and
magazines. He is the founder & moderator
of the weekly global e-mail newsletter
which goes out to over 15,000 subscribers
every week on issues related to Islam &
Muslims. He is married and has two kids Ihsan Bagby is currently the Associate
and currently resides in Dallas, TX. Professor Islamic Studies at the University
of Kentucky. He obtained his PhD from the
University of Michigan in Near Eastern
Salman Azman Studies and his research for the last ten years
has focused on Muslim in America.
Salman Azam is one of the founders of the
Lakeshore Law Group LLP and is the
Managing Partner of the firm. He
coordinates the Corporate and Transactional
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Mirza Yawar Baig Owais Balti
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Asad M. BaYunus Hatem Bazian
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David Beckmann
Moulana Mirza AbuJafar BegImam is Imam
and Khatib of the Jamaica, NY Muslim
Center and Principal of the center’s weekend
school. He is a former Imam and Khatib of
Masjidul Akbar Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Principal of Islamia Aliya Madrasa, Dhaka,
and founder of Anitur Rahman complex,
Barisal
David Beckmann is one of the foremost U.S.
advocates for hungry people. He has been Imam Beg’s Educational Background
president of Bread for the World for 15 includes Kamil from hadith, tafseer and
years, leading large-scale and successful fekaguru from Aliyah madrasa;Dowrah
campaigning to strengthen U.S. political hadith from dawandinesab; Quiraat from
commitment to overcoming hunger and Muminbari, Kumila; and Tafseer from
poverty. Before that, he served at the World Mukahtil Mukarama.
Bank for 15 years, overseeing large projects
and driving innovations to make the Bank
more effective in reducing poverty.
Mohamed Rida Beshir
Mr. Beckmann earned degrees from Yale,
Christ Seminary, and the London School of
Dr. Mohamed Rida Beshir is the co-author
Economics, and five universities have
of four best-selling books on family issues
awarded him honorary doctorates. He is a
and parenting: “Parenting in the West,”
clergyman as well as an economist. He has
“Muslim Teens,” “Blissful Marriage,” and
written many books and articles, including:
“Parenting Skills” as well as other parenting
Transforming the Politics of Hunger and
books in Arabic. Several of his parenting
Grace at the table: Ending Hunger in God’s
books have been translated to many other
World.
languages. Dr. Beshir, who is teaching two
parenting courses with the Islamic American
University, is a regular contributor to the
family section of several Magazines and an
adviser for the Islam online website’s family
section. Dr. Beshir is the recipient of the
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City of Ottawa Certificate of Appreciation with the Inner-city Muslim Action Network
for the year 2003 for his volunteer work in (IMAN). In the U.K., she works on
the area of Education as well as other City government outreach to Muslim and Asian
of Ottawa awards for valuable services to minority communities. Her research and
community children in year 2006. He is an work interests are in disability policy,
Engineer by profession, with over 30 years criminal law, criminal justice policy, social
of experience in Da’wa in North America. intervention for “at-risk” minority youth,
He has held various volunteer national/local and counter-terrorism strategy.
elected positions with MSA, ISNA, and
MAS. He is one of the founders of Human
Concern International. He is actively Iman Bibars
developing and delivering training programs
to various Muslim communities all over the
world. He is a regular speaker in ISNA,
ICNA, MSA, MAC and MAS conventions
Isra Bhatty
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Yaser Birjas Kemal Bozkurt
Shaykh Yaser Birjas is originally from the Kemal Bozkurt is Reference Librarian at
Holy Land and was born in Kuwait in 1970. Lawrance Public Library in MA. He has BS
He started his career in Electronic in Arabic Literature and Language from
Engineering in 1988 in the UAE, then in Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey, MS in
Madinah where he graduated as class Banking and Insurance from Marmara
Valedictorian with the highest honors from University, Istanbul Turkey and currently
The Islamic University of Madinah’s pursuing MS degree in Information Library
College of Shariah (Fiqh and Usool) in Science , Southern Connecticut State
1996. University, New Haven CT.
In 1997, after the war was over, he went to
work as a relief program aide under the Mr Bozkurt is the founder and publisher of
international umbrella of relief agencies to the Green Pages Muslim Business Directory
rebuild the war-torn Bosnia. Thereafter, and and Editor-in-Chief of habername.com, a
in the year 2000, he immigrated to the U.S. Turkish Daily Online Newspaper, reporter
Yaser Birjas is presently residing in El Paso, for AKRA FM radio station. He is also the
Texas. He was the Imam and religious president of kemalpasha.com an online
leader at The Islamic Center in El Paso since wholesale Turkish products business. He
his arrival until the end of 2007.
He is also an instructor at AlMaghrib He is a member of Zoning Board of City of
Institute, an organization that provides Lawrance, MA, State Delegate for
trademark double-weekend seminars in Democtatic Party, MA and School
Islamic studies. And a co-founder of Committee Candidate for City of Lawrance,
Practimate.com a world-class marriage MA.
training program for practical practicing
Muslims in the West. He travels around the He is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of
nation to teach academic classes in Islamic habername.com and mgreenpages.com,
studies as well as to speak on different social Boston, MA. He is married with three
subjects pertinent to the lives of Muslims in children and lives in Lawrance MA.
the West.
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Mas’ood Cajee
For almost a full decade, André devoted
himself to law enforcement and the Robert Chase
protection of Hoosiers across Indianapolis.
He first served as a Local Board
Investigative Officer for the Indiana State
Excise Police for nine years before being
detailed to the Indiana Department of
Homeland Security's Intelligence Fusion
Center in 2006. Congressman Carson
currently serves on the prestigious Financial
Services Committee, which oversees all
components of the nation's housing and In September 2007, The Rev. Robert Chase
financial services sectors including banking, was called to be the Founding Director of
insurance, real estate, public and assisted Intersections, a new justice-based global
housing, and securities. His ambitious initiative of the Collegiate Church of New
agenda includes working to create economic York. Previously, Chase served as Director
opportunity for Hoosiers, pushing forward of Communication for the 1.2 million
comprehensive affordable healthcare member United Church of Christ. At the
legislation, working to responsibly bring an United Church of Christ, he was responsible
end to the war in Iraq and to restore for the denomination's efforts in public
America’s role as a respected global leader. relations; marketing and education through
print, radio, video and emerging electronic
Sami Catovic technologies. He also served as Executive
Director of the UCC's Office of
Sami Catovic is a NewJersey attorney; Phd Communication, Inc., the church's historic
Student at Temple University - Department media justice agency, was responsible for
of religion; Adjunct Professor - Temple the UCC's multiple web sites and served as
University, Department of Religion; Board publisher of United Church News with its
member of New Jersey Muslim Attorneys; circulation of more than 200,000.
Member of ISNA Executive Council - EZ Among other marketing efforts for the UCC,
Representative; Co-Chair of 2009 National he was a principle architect of the church's
Convention Program award winning "God is still speaking,"
identity campaign. Chase has served
congregations in New York and New Jersey
and was founder and President of Creative
Connections in Media, a full-service
communications company. He is an award-
winning video producer with more than 100
productions to his credit and he has standing
as an ordained minister in the United Church
of Christ.
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Mika’il DeVeaux Susan Douglass
Mika’il DeVaux has over 25 years of Susan Douglass has an M.A. in Arab Studies
experience working with men incarcerated from Georgetown University, a B.A. in
in New York State maximum-security History from the University of Rochester,
prisons and many who released following and is currently in the doctoral program at
long periods of confinement. DeVeaux George Mason University. During 2006, she
received a Bachelors of Business was Senior Researcher for the United
Administration degree from Bernard M. Nations Alliance of Civilizations. She
Baruch College (CUNY), a Masters of served as an Affiliated Scholar with the
Professional Studies degree from the New Council on Islamic Education for over a
York Theological Seminary, and a Masters decade, reviewing over a dozen commercial
of Arts degree from The College at New textbooks in development, reviewing state
Paltz (SUNY). DeVeaux has published standards, and developing instructional
papers in New Directions in Evaluation: a resources.
Publication of the American Evaluation Major publications include World Eras: Rise
Association, The Journal of Offender and Spread of Islam, 622-1500
Rehabilitation, and Crescent International. (Thompson/Gale, 2002), teaching resources
Other writings include You Are Almost for the Council on Islamic Education and the
There, a small narrative that focuses on National Center for History in the Schools, a
incarcerated Muslims, Imagine This, a children’s book Ramadan (Carolrhoda
chapbook of poems and has had several Books, 2002), Teaching About Religion in
other poems featured in various National and State Social Studies Standards
publications. He has presented papers and (Freedom Forum First Amendment Center
made presentations at a variety of venues and Council on Islamic Education, 2000),
including: the 45th and 46th Annual and many articles and book chapters. She
Meeting of the American Society of contributed to online teaching resources
Criminology, Muslim Alliance in North such as the IslamProject.org, the
America (1st and 2nd) Annual Conference, Smithsonian Freer Gallery teaching guide
NAACP Criminal Justice Conferences Arts of Islam, and the online curriculum
(Jamaica, New York), and others; as well as World History for Us All, and designed The
co-authoring a paper presented at the Annual Indian Ocean in World History online
Conference of the American Public Health resource. For the past three years she has
Association (1995). conducted the educational outreach program
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at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Coalition of New American Communities
Muslim Christian Understanding. (CONAC), which is a non-profit political
action group, established to improve and
Jean F. Duff increase political awareness in "new
Americans". CONAC efforts have led to
thousands of new registered voters, over 70
Precincts Chairs in the Houston area, and
recently culminated in a historic first -- the
election of three Muslims to the Texas
SDEC. A.J. has been active in local Islamic
Community organizations for over 25 years
having held Shura (Board of Director)
Jean Duff is a seasoned management
positions with the Islamic Society of Greater
professional with broad experience in the
Houston and in Denver and New Orleans.
start-up of non-profit social enterprises, and
One of his primary areas of focus has been
for-profit businesses, and in the management
full-time Islamic Education, and he has been
of their growth. She is the Executive
instrumental in the creation and
Director of CIFA (Center for Interfaith
establishment of five Islamic schools. He
Action). She brings experience developing
has also led the efforts to establish Islamic
all aspects of service and policy
Boy Scouts troops in the local communities.
organizations, including building cross
Besides Islamic-related community
sector collaborations, program development
activities, A.J. has held leadership positions
and evaluation, strategic planning and
in mainstream civic and local community
marketing, public and community relations,
organizations like charitable institutions,
and fundraising. For the past 17 years she
school district committees, and homeowner
has worked exclusively with organizations
associations. He has a BS in Petroleum
serving the poor and advocating for social
Engineering from Milan, Italy and an MS
justice.
from Penn State Univ.
A. J. Durrani Bob Edgar
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States House of Representatives from 1975 chair and Vice-chair of the Bay Area Hate
to 1987, representing the 7th district of Crimes Investigators Association
Pennsylvania. (BAHCIA). She is the recipient of
Prior to his position as president and CEO of numerous civil rights awards which include
Common Cause, he came from the post of the “Civil Rights Leadership Award” from
general secretary of the National Council of the California Association of Human
the Churches of Christ in the U.S. (NCC), Relations Organizations, the “Human
the leading U.S. organization in the Relations Award” from the Santa Clara
movement for Christian unity. n May 2007, County Human Relations office, and the
Bob Edgar was named president and CEO of "Citizen of the Year" Award from the Santa
Common Cause, a national nonpartisan, Clara County Board of Supervisors. Ms.
non-profit "citizens" lobby working to make ElGenaidi has spoken to hundreds of
government at all levels more honest, open schools, churches, police departments,
and accountable, and to connect citizens corporations and other public institutions,
with their democracy. has appeared on numerous television and
radio programs, and is author of seven
Bob arrived at Common Cause with a long training handbooks on outreach for
history of leadership and public service that American Muslims, as well as eight training
included 12 years in Congress. He was the modules for public institutions on
general secretary of the National Council of "developing cultural competency with the
the Churches of Christ in the USA for seven American Muslim community". Ms.
years immediately before arriving at ElGenaidi is currently ING's CEO.
Common Cause.
Keith Ellison
Maha ElGenaidi
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Ellison's philosophy is one of "generosity Human Rights (EHR) and the National
and inclusiveness." His roots as a Religious Campaign Against Torture
community activist and his message of (NRCAT).
inclusivity through democratic participation
resonates throughout the Fifth District. His Mohamed has contributed articles to the
priorities in Congress are: promoting peace, Encyclopedia of Philanthropy in America
prosperity for working families, and and the American Journal of Islamic Social
promoting civil and human rights. Science, and submitted an article to the
American Journal of Law and Society .
Gazi Erdem
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community. From his formative years, He has been active in Muslim community in
Iman’s parents drove home a sense of North America since the early 70’s. He was
community and imparted to him and his the founding member of Muslim
siblings a rigorous sense of duty to give Community Association, Santa Clara, CA
back to society. There was always a and Islamic Society of East Bay, Fremont,
community project to help with and to learn CA.
from whether it was a relief effort, a youth
activity, or mosque building. Manzoor Ghori founded Ameen Housing
Cooperative Inc. in 1994. This organization
Today, Iman continues his involvement as a provides an alternative for home buyers
leader and organizer. He is extensively looking for ways to avoid interest-based
involved in youth work; managing youth bank loans.
camps, delivering lectures to high school
students and training youth leaders. He has He is the founder and board member of
also been involved with local projects, North American Islamic Shelter for the
including: annual festivals on the occasion Abused (NISA) that supports victims of
of Eid, as board member of several local domestic abuse.
organizations, including Abraar School,
host of the local Muslim radio show, and Manzoor was also on the advisory board of
coordinator and contributor to a variety of Council of American Islamic Relations
local, regional and national Muslim (CAIR), an advocacy group for justice and
community lectures, conferences, and mutual understanding and Islamic Network
working groups. Iman is supported by his Group (ING) which delivers educational
wife Zameela, daughter Ayesha, and the rest programs relating to Islam and Muslims.
of his community-minded family.
He is the founder & chairman of
Manzoor Ghori Jahangirabad Education Trust, India. This
trust launched Jahangirabad Media Institute
in 2005 and is about to launch a university -
Jahangirabad Institute of Technology - in
2007.
Ghulam Nabi Fai
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based Global Peace Forum and the Sun and many other foreign policy journals
Chairman London-based Justice Foundation. in the United States and around the world.
Dr. Fai is also the Member of the Board of
Director of Istanbul-based the Union of the He has been living in exile since August
NGOs of the Islamic World. 1980 for his political beliefs. He is married
and has two children.
He addressed the 46th thru 61st Sessions of
the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights (UNCHR) at Geneva; and also
participated in the 41st thru 57th Sessions of Maryam Kabeer Faye
the United Nations Sub - Commission on
Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities at Geneva. He attended the 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th sessions of the United
Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in
2006 & 2007. He was invited to attend the
3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Summit of the
Head of the States of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference in January 1981 in Sheikha Maryam Kabeer Faye was guided
Makkah, Saudi Arabia; December 1992 in from a young age to make the journey in
Dakar, Senegal; in December 1994 in search of Truth. At twelve, she was given a
Casablanca, Morocco; in December 1997 in scroll with a painting of an ancient man
Tehran, Iran; in November 2000 in Doha, walking through mountains, upon which,
Qatar; and in October, 2003 in Putrajaya, were the words: SEEK AND THE TRUTH
Malaysia respectively. He addressed the SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.
preliminary session at the Centennial From that moment on, her life became a
Conference of Parliament of the World's journey in search of the liberating Truth.
Religions in Chicago in August 1993. He Born Jewish, she embraced Islam in El
participated in the 42nd Session of the Khalil, ten minutes away from the burial
United Nations Commission on the Status of place of the Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.) at the
Women in New York in March 1998. He hands of an ancient Sufi Sheikh. Since then,
addressed the 14th International Conference she has studied with Sufi Masters
on Conflict Resolution in St. Petersburg, intensively around the world, on a journey
Russia in May 2006. He also addressed the of transformation culminating in West
Fourth International Conference on Global Africa.
Good in Honolulu, Hawaii in June 2006. Her book, JOURNEY THROUGH TEN
THOUSAND VEILS, The Alchemy of
Dr. Fai has been a leading spokesman for Transformation on the Sufi Path, which
the Kashmir cause for over three decades documents both the inner and outer journey,
and has traveled to over forty countries is a revealing social commentary, dispelling
lecturing on the subject. His articles many stereotypes such as the proposition,
appeared in The New York Times, The that women are inevitably oppressed in
Washington Post, The Washington Times, Islam. On the contrary, it is by entering into
Chicago tribune, Wall Street Journal, the heart of Islam that the author was
Financial Times, Plain Dealer, Baltimore liberated, elevated, and guided to realize the
true purpose of her existence.
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Sheikha Maryam Kabeer Faye is a teacher, Adjunct Professor of Ethnic Studies at San
speaker and writer on Islam and spirituality. Francisco State University. He is a
She travels extensively throughout the Psychoanalyst and practices in San
world, building bridges of light, knowledge, Francisco and the East Bay.
and understanding.
Dr. Ghannam specializes in working with
chronic illness, including chronic pain and
cancer. He also works and does research in
Fatemeh Fakhraie the area of Global Health and Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. Dr. Ghannam is
also a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME)
for the State of California.
Safiya Ghori
Fatemeh Fakhraie is an editor, writer, and Safiya is currently the Muslim Public
blogger who writes about issues related to Affairs Council Program Director in the
Muslims, feminism, race, and politics in Washington DC office. She earned a joint
several print and online outlets, including Juris Doctor and Master of Arts in May
Racialicious, ReligionDispatches, and Bitch 2006 from the University of Arkansas.
magazine. She founded and currently serves
as editor of Muslimah Media Watch, a Safiya clerked for the Arkansas Attorney
website dedicated to analyzing General in the Public Protection Division
representations of Muslim women in global where she focused on fraud and
media. She is also an associate editor of the discrimination cases. As an Equal Justice
new online magazine Altmuslimah. Works Fellow she worked at the Tahirih
Justice Center in Falls Church, VA where
Jess Ghannam she researched and administered VAWA
(Violence Against Women Act) and asylum
cases for Muslim women who were victims
of domestic violence.
Steve Gutow
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Rabia Terri Harris Mohamed Hagmagid Ali
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Council on International Policy, the western She then moved with her family to USA in
partner of the Council on Foreign Relations, 1979, and attained the rank of full Professor
and sits on the Board of Directors of the at The University of Texas Medical School
Interfaith Alliance. Dr. Hathout has been at Galveston, TX. She was Director of
invited to Capitol Hill and the State Anatomic Pathology for several years, and
Department several times to address a then moved to The Methodist Hospital at
variety of topics such as "Islam and U.S. Houston. Currently she is Professor and
Policy," "Islamic Democracy," "Emerging Attending Pathologist at The Methodist
Trends in Islamic Movements," and "the Hospital, Houston, TX.
Future of the Middle East." He has traveled
to Australia, Egypt, Kuwait, Malaysia, Dr. Haque has more than 100 peer-reviewed
Pakistan, and South Africa to lecture on papers and presentations, Co-Edited 5 books
Islam and Muslims. Dr. Hathout has written on Pulmonary Pathology, and contributed
extensively on Islam, human rights, approximately 50 book chapters on
democracy, Middle East politics, and Pulmonary Pathology in these texts. She is
Bosnia. His articles and interviews have actively involved with resident teaching and
appeared in such prominent newspapers as research.
The Los Angeles Times, The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Dr. Haque has been a member of IMANA
Christian Science Monitor. He appears for the past 20 years. Currently she is Vice
frequently on national television and radio President of IMANA. She has been
talk shows. Treasurer and Secretary of IMANA from
2006-2008. Before that she has served as
the Chair of IMANA Bylaws committee.
Abida K. Haque
Najiyah Diana Helwani
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Mohammad Karim
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M.J. Khan
Muqtedar Khan
countries. He has lectured in North encouraged her to explore and appreciate her
America, East Asia, Middle East and own.
Europe. Dr. Khan is from Hyderabad in
India. He is married to Reshma and has a Suhail Khan
son Rumi, and a daughter Ruhi.
Suhail A. Khan is the Senior Fellow for
Christian-Muslim Understanding at the
Zeba Khan Institute for Global Engagement. He is a
Washington, DC based attorney and has
previously held many government
positions. Khan served as Policy Director
and Press Secretary for U.S. Congressman
Tom Campbell (R-CA) where he worked
closely on a variety of legislative initiatives,
including religious freedom. More recently,
Khan served as a senior political appointee
Zeba Khan is Founder and Director of with the Bush administration. He served in
Muslims Americans For Obama, 2008. Born the White House Office of Public Liaison
and raised in Ohio by civically minded assisting in the President's outreach to
Indian-Muslim immigrants, she learned various faith communities. Khan also
early on that giving back to her community served as Assistant to the Secretary for
was her duty as an American and as a Policy under U.S. Secretary Mary Peters at
Muslim – whether that was going door-to- the U.S. Department of Transportation.
door with her father collecting money for While at the Department of Transportation,
the homeless in her city or pitching in with Khan was awarded the Secretary's Team
an interfaith Habitat-for-Humanity home Award in 2005 and the Gold Medal for
with her mother. Her parents, as progressive Outstanding Achievement in 2007.
as they were religious, sent her to a Jewish Khan serves on the boards of the American
day school for nine years, where she learned Conservative Union, the Islamic Free
about Judaism how to speak Hebrew. On the Market Institute, the Muslim Public Service
weekends, she attended Sunday school at Network, and the Indian American
her local mosque, learning Arabic and about Republican Council. He has spoken at the
Islam. Her parents made sure that she knew Conservative Political Action Conference
the differences between Islam and Judaism, (CPAC), the Council for National Policy
explaining the Islamic perspective on every (CNP), the Harbour League, and the
topic she was taught at school. At the same National Press Club. He has written opinion
time, they were ever careful to explain the pieces for various publications including the
respect Muslims should have for their Washington Post/Newsweek Forum On
Abrahamic brothers and sisters in faith. She Faith.
truly believes that her own adherence to He was born in Boulder, Colorado to parents
Islam as an adult is in part credited to her who emigrated to the United States from
religious Jewish friends from her youth who southern India. Khan is the oldest of five
welcomed her into their homes and children, grew up in California, earned his
community and shared with her the joy and high school diploma from St. Lawrence
spiritual fulfillment they felt from practicing Academy, a private Catholic college
their faith. Their commitment to their faith, preparatory school in Santa Clara, in 1987.
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He earned a B.A. in political science from Ms. Khera received her B.A. with honors in
University of California at Berkeley in 1991 political science and economics from
and a J.D. from University of Iowa in 1995. Wellesley College in 1991 and her J.D. from
Cornell Law School in 1994. At Wellesley,
she served as president of the student body
Farhana Khera and co-founded the first Muslim students
organization, al-Muslimat ("The Muslim
Women"). At Cornell, and was an editor
with the Cornell Journal of Law and Public
Policy.
Riaz Khokher
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Radwan Kouatli Murat Kose
Imam Radwan Kouatli is the founder of Murat Kose is Founder and President, Nurtel
Love God institute, a non for profit Telecom, New Castle, DE
educational ministry dedicated to share the He has performed extensive
mercy and love of God. Radwan acquired multidisciplinary research and founded
his early religious education in the old city several successful start-up companies , has
of Damascus, his birthplace. He moved to BS in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul
the USA in 1987, graduated in 1991 with Technical University, Istanbul Turkey and
honors from the University of Central MS in Chemical Engineering and
Florida with a B.S.B.A. with a major focus Microelectronics from University of
in marketing, and became a US citizen in Rochester, Rochester NY. He also
1999. To Radwan, seeking knowledge is a completed all the requirements except
lifelong journey. Some of the areas that were dissertation for the PhD in Chemical and
covered during his journey of seeking Biomedical Engineering in Syracuse
knowledge are: the Science of Hadeeth University, Syracuse NY.
(Prophetic Narrations), Usual al-Tasfeer He was the president of MSA both at the
(Quranic Hermeneutic), Usul-al Fiqh University of Rochester and Syracuse
(Science of Exegesis), Fiqh (Islamic University. The first (in the USA) Halal
Jurisprudence) and Aqeedah (Theology). Meal Plan was implemented during his
Since 1997, he served as imam with several presidency at Syracuse University. He has
congregations and delivered lectures and always being active at local community at
sermons in mosques, universities and places various capacities as teacher/principle of
of worship. He is the founding imam of Sunday School, board member etc. He also
Love God Congregation at al-Wadood coordinated settlement of Kosovo Refuges
mosque in Norfolk, NE where he lives and in the Syracuse Area.
serves as the teaching imam. Radwan is also He along with his wife currently runs a
the author of Live Your Life on Purpose. volunteer tutoring program for elementary,
Imam Radwan is married. He and his wife middle and high school students at the
Hollie have four beautiful children. Islamic Society of Delaware. Mr. Kose is
married with five children and lives in New
Castle DE.
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Area, the UAHC Rabbinic Network on December 2004, Edina represented MPAC
Youth Suicide, the Mayors Faith Advisory at a United Nations seminar on "Confronting
Board, the National Liaison for National Islamophobia." In 2003, Edina was invited
Day of Prayer, and the Board of by the Malaysian government to be one of
Directors of the American Cancer Society, two U.S. representatives to the International
District of Columbia Division. He Conference of Muslim Young Leaders,
is a pro-active leader of Washington's which served as a precursor to the annual
Interfaith Community and organized conference of the Organization of Islamic
the nation's first Abrahamic Summit Conference (OIC). In all settings, Edina
bringing together Christians, Jews and works to enhance the political and social
Muslims for dialogue. participation of the American Muslims by
sharing tools and avenues for engagement
Rabbi Lustig received a Bachelor of Arts that will lead to a future in which Muslims
degree (with honors) from the are a positive, contributing part of the
University of Tennessee. He holds a Master American fabric.
of Arts in Hebrew Letters and was
ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion.
Mahmood A. Madani
Edina Lekovic
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Sakil Malik
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Mahmood Mamdani
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Ali Al’amin Mazrui Bonita McGee
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Hadia Mubarak Mikal N. Nash
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Uzma Mirza
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Asma Mirza Yaqub Mirza
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February 2003), and is now an Advisor to directs the Muslim-West Facts Initiative
the Board of Trustees of the Amana Mutual (www.muslimwestfacts.com), through
Funds, which are registered with the which Gallup, in collaboration with the
Securities & Exchange Commission as an Coexist Foundation, is disseminating the
open-end investment company and managed findings of the Gallup World Poll to key
by Saturna Capital Corporation. In addition, opinion leaders in the Muslim World and the
Dr. Mirza currently serves as Chairman of West.
the Board of Directors of Jugos
Concentrados, S.A. (“Jucosa”), a Chilean
producer of juice concentrates, traded on the Haroon Moghul
Santiago Stock Exchange. He also serves on
the Board of numerous other companies. He Haroon Moghul is Director of Public
served on the Board of Mylex Corporation, a Relations for the Islamic Center at New
NASDAQ listed, world leader of RAID York University. He is a Ph.D. candidate at
technology and network management Columbia University.
products from December 1988 until
September 1999 when Mylex was acquired Haroon has spoken at numerous Muslim,
by IBM for $240 million. Christian and Jewish institutions, and has
Dr. Mirza holds a M.Sc. from University of led educational and interfaith workshops to
Karachi (1969), a Ph.D. in Physics (1974) advance understanding and dialogue. His
and M.A. in Teaching Science (1975) from speaking engagements include the
University of Texas at Dallas. University of Pennsylvania, the University
of Michigan and the University of
Minnesota, as well as guest appearances on
Dalia Mogahed CNN and NPR. He has been interviewed on
Voice of America, al-Hurra and The
National (Abu Dhabi) among others.
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Haroon is married and lives in New York His early experiences abroad and family
City. tradition of activism have contributed to his
focus on building bridges between
communities by promoting common
Marriyam Moten understanding, cultural engagement, and
social transformation. At an early age,
Sultan studied Arabic and Islamic sciences
on scholarship abroad and is the son of the
late Imam Sultan Muhammad, nephew of
Imam W. Deen Muhammad, and great-
grandson of the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.
Abdul Malik Mujahid
Marriyam Moten graduated Dow Medical
College , Karachi University , Karachi ,
Pakistan ,MPH University of Pittsburgh ,
PA Clinical Associate Professor of
Medicine, Marshall University , Dept of
Medicine, University of Tennessee.
Sultan Muhammad is a native Chicagoan, is
a community organizer with a background in
strategic communications and multimedia
production. Sultan is IMAN’s (Inner-city
Muslim Action Network) Lead Organizer on
Chicago’s South-side and works around
human rights issues facing marginalized
communities. He publishes educational
resources and is co-founder of a Chicago-
based multi-media production company.
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Ayman Nassar
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Zarqa Nawaz
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Film Board and the CBC, was broadcast on Bloomington, IN. Mr. Nubani also has a
CBC’s Rough Cuts. Masters degree in History from Southern
Illinois University -Carbondale, IL. He
received his bachelors in History from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. Mr.
Muhammad Ninowy Nubani is licensed to practice Law in New
York and Virginia, and specializes in
immigration law.
Sulayman S. Nyang
Ashraf Nubani
Serban Popescu
Yasir Qadhi
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Amjad Quadri Khurshid Qureshi
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Saifur Rahman
Ajmel Quereshi
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Hafiz Rehman
Ms. Sabeeha Rehman is the Director of
Interfaith Programs at the American Society
for Muslim Advancement (ASMA). As a
professional, Ms. Rehman has had a 25-year
career as a Healthcare Executive and has
served as a hospital administrator in New
York, New Jersey, and overseas. Ms.
Rehman has dedicated many years to the
teaching of Islam to the Muslim youth. As
Br. Hafiz Rehman was born and raised in a Sunday School teacher for several years,
Nairobi, Kenya. He is a pediatrician by she taught Level 1 through Senior Level,
profession. He serves as the senior Pediatric including Contemporary Issues in the Young
attending in two Long Island Hospitals and Adults Forum. As a member of the
Chairman of the Performance Improvement Education Committee for the Sunday
Committee. He has been the Adjunct School, Ms. Rehman was involved in the
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York design of the Islamic curriculum of the
Institute of Technology, NY College of Sunday School, selection of faculty,
Osteopathic Medicine -- 1966 establishment of Muslim Summer Camp,
He has served as the Clinical Assistant and planning special events for young
Professor of Pediatrics New York College of Muslims. She developed the first newsletter
Osteopathic Medicine --- 1999 for the mosque, served as its Editor, and
chaired the Editorial Board.
He is the President of IMANA --- Islamic
Medical Association of North America ---
2008-2009. He is a life Member of APPNA.
He has been the past President of Masjid
Darul Quran in Bay Shore. NY
He has served as a past President of Council
of Masajid and Islamic Organizations of
Long Island. He is a member of Bay Shore
Interfaith council. He is an Honorary
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Agha Saeed Louay Safi
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Rashid AbdulSalaam
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Chris Seiple
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His undergraduate degree is from Harvard of Islamic inheritance and Sadqa Jaaria.
and he has an honorary Doctorate (Doctor of
Divinity) degree from Hebrew Union
College, where he was ordained Rabbi in Zaid Shakir
New York in 1974. He holds Masters
degrees from Hebrew Union College in
Hebrew Literature, and from New York
Theological Seminary in Pastoral
Counseling. He also did graduate work at
Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has
been an instructor in the International
Conflict Resolution program at Eastern
Mennonite University.
his studies in the traditional Islamic American men who were/are arrested,
sciences. prosecuted and imprisoned for crimes. He
For seven years in Syria, and briefly in worked as a police officer in both African
Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense American and European communities. In
study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic 1995, he and his wife Esther established the
studies, and spirituality with some of the top South Shore Islamic Community Center
Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he
graduated from Syria’s prestigious Abu Since 1975, he has taught Islamic principles,
Noor University and returned to and the history and life of Prophet
Connecticut, serving again as the Imam of Muhammad. He also currently conducts
Masjid al-Islam, and writing and speaking Islamic prison ministry at Wilmot Arizona
frequently on a host of issues. That same State prison in Tucson. He is President and
year, his translation from Arabic into Founder of the Islamic Inmates Correctional
English of “The Heirs of the Prophets” was Association of America. The mission of this
published by Starlatch Press. organization is to Reduce prison violence,
and recidivism.
In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California
to serve as a scholar-in-residence and He is a graduate from the University of
lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus, BA.
teaches courses on Arabic, Islamic law, Majored in Administration of Criminal
history, and Islamic spirituality. In 2005, Justice; and Chicago State University, M.S.
Zaytuna Institute published “Scattered Majored in Corrections and Criminal
Pictures: Reflections of An American Justice.
Muslim” an anthology of diverse essays
penned by Zaid Shakir. In 2006, a
translation from Arabic to English with
commentary of Al Muhasibi's "Treatise For
The Seekers of Guidance" was published by
NID Publishers.
He is a frequent speaker at local and national
Muslim events and has emerged as one of Zaki Sherif
the nation’s top Islamic scholars and a voice
of conscience for American Muslims and
non-Muslim.
Sidney Rahim Sharif
Sidney Sharif worked as a police officer in
Dr. Sherif was born in Ethiopia and came to
the City of Chicago for 28 years from 1959
the USA as a young teen on a full academic
through 1988. Throughout his career, he
university scholarship. His professional
was concerned about crime and its costs in
career begins in the medical field as a
human suffering. In addition, he was
renowned scientist specializing in cancer
concerned about the extremely
genetics and molecular medicine; as a
disproportionate number of African
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Shazia Siddiqi
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Sayyid M. Syeed
Professor Taher is the President of North
American Educational Foundation (a not-
for-profit organization). He is the chief
architect of Babul-Ilm project - A Web
Resource for Weekend Islamic School. He
has served as the Principal of the Weekend
Islamic School, for last 17 years, at the
Islamic Foundation, Villa Park, Illinois.
Presently, he is the curriculum director and
Sayyid M. Syeed resumed responsibilities as has successfully developed and implemented
National Director of ISNA’s Office of
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Burton L. Visotzky
Burton L. Visotzky, is a Conservative Rabbi
and professor at the Jewish Theological
Seminary (NY), who also studied moral
Imam Umar, ranking Chaplain for New development at Harvard University under
York's prison system for 25 years, founded Lawrence Kohlberg.
the National Association of Muslim He later applied the moral reasoning and
Chaplains. In 1975 he became one of the ethical relationship approach pioneered by
first two Muslims hired as full time Imams Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan to Ethics in the
in prisons in America. He helped build New Bible in his book The Genesis of Ethics,
York's Imam council. Umar advocated the 1997. This explored a modern incarnation of
hiring and assignment of Muslim religious the Jewish theological traditions of midrash,
workers throughout the U.S. He traveled to and built on Visotzky's experience leading
Mecca, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, seminars in Manhattan with a mixed group
Turkey, Cyprus and Europe in his sojourn to of students, businessmen and professionals
study history, investigate world events first of various religious backgrounds.
hand, and spread the teaching of Islam. He Visotzky served as collaborator and on-
worked with rabbis, priests, ministers, and screen participant in Bill Moyers' ten-hour
imams to improve the life of our time. series, "Genesis: A Living Conversation"
(PBS, 1996). He also served as a principal
Iqbal Unus consultant for DreamWorks 1998 film,
"Prince of Egypt."
He is engaged in Jewish-Christian-Muslim
dialogue internationally, in capitals such as
Washington; Warsaw; Rome; Cairo; Doha,
Qatar (where he was in the first group of
Jews invited to dialogue by the Emir); and
Madrid, Spain (where he was in the first
group of Jews invited by King Abdullah of
Iqbal Unus is the Headquarters Director of Saudi Arabia).
the International Institute of Islamic
Thought (IIIT), Director of Child
Development Fund (CDF), and Director of
IIFTIHAR-USA. He is the former Dean of
Students/Registrar at the School of Islamic
and Social Sciences (SISS) in Leesburg,
Virginia. His volunteer involvement in
Islamic work began in North America as the
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Miroslav Volf
Siraj Wahhaj
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Mohammed Yousuf HamzaYusuf
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prestigious and oldest University, the a well respected charity actively operating in
Karaouine in Fes. In addition, he has some of the poorest parts of the world.
translated into modern English several Yusuf’s latest album, Roadsinger, was
classical Arabic traditional texts and poems. released earlier this year to widespread
Shaykh Hamza currently resides in Northern critical acclaim. A stage musical based on
California with his wife and five children. his repertoire of songs, Moonshadow, is in
pre-production and set to open in London’s
Yusuf Islam West End in early 2010.
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