Abdulrauf,
Imam Feisal
(Executive
Director & Co-Founder, Salam
Institute for Peace and Justice; Associate Professor, American
University) Washington,
DCabunimer@american.edu, 202-885-1656, www.salaminstitute.org
Geographical focus: Arab Studies; Palestine/Israel
Policy areas: Civil Society (General; Identity/Representation); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Diaspora/Refugee Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies); Human Rights (Arab-Israeli Conflict); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Minority Studies); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Arab-Israeli Conflict)
Afsaruddin, Prof. Asma
(Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame) South Bend, IN
Afsaruddin.1@nd.edu, 574-631-8677 www.classics.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/asma-afsaruddin
Geographical focus: None
Policy areas: Basic Islam; Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Education (Classical Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women's Studies (Identity/Representation; Women in Islam); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence; Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Islamism); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism and Imperialism (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Shi'a Islam; Sufism
Ahmad, Dr. Imad-ad-Dean
(President, Minaret of Freedom Institute), Bethesda, MD
ahmad@minaret.org, 301-907-0947, www.minaret.org
Geographical focus: Palestine/Israel; Turkish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas: Basic Islam; Business, Economics, and Development; Civil Society; Classical Islamic Era (History of Science); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (General; Current Events; Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Human Rights (General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Natural Sciences, Medicine and Health (General, History of Science); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Foreign Relations; Political Economy); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict)
Ahmed, Prof. Akbar
(Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University) Washington, DC
akbar@american.edu, 202-885-1961, www.akbarahmed.org
Geographical focus: Pakistan; South Asian Studies
Policy areas: Arts and Literature (Cinema and Film; Music, Theatre, and Other Performing Arts); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations); Education (Modern Education in the Muslim World; Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Development; Foreign Relations; Globalization; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Democratization; Foreign Relations); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism and Imperialism (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization, Imperialism
Al-Alwani, Prof. Taha Jabir
(Founding President, Cordoba University) Ashburn, VA
talalwani@siss.edu, 571-203-9800, www.siss.edu
Geographical focus: Iraqi Studies
Policy areas: Basic Islam; Classical Islamic Era (History of Religion; History of Science; Islamic Philosophers; Just War Theory); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion); Education (Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory; Minority Studies); Shi'a Islam
Al-Hibri, Prof.
Azizah
(Founder & President,
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights)
aalhibri@richmond.edu, 202-234-7302, www.karamah.org
Geographical
focus:
European
Muslims; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Business, Economics and Development (Banking and Finance; Business Law;
Business Ethics); Gender/Women's Studies (General;
Identity/Representation;
Sexuality Studies; Women in Islam); Human Rights (Conflict Resolution;
Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation;
Minority Studies);
Islamic
Law and Jurisprudence (General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom;
Identity/Representation; Minority Studies)
Al-Marayati, Salam
(Executive Director,Muslim Public Affairs Council) Los Angeles, CA
salam@mpac.org, 213-383-3443, www.mpac.org
Geographical focus: Arab Studies; European Muslims; Mediterranean Studies; Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas: Communications (Cinema and Film; Media); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion; Identity/ Representation; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies); Cultural Issues (Cinema and Film; Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Energy Studies)
Al-Shingieti, Dr. Abubaker
(Europe and North America Regional Director, International Institute of Islamic Thought) Herndon, VA
alshing200@msn.com, 703-471-1133 x-101, www.iiit.org
Geographical focus: Sudanese Studies
Policy areas: Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events; Foreign Relations; Media; Security Studies; Terrorism/ Counterterrorism); Human Rights (Minority Studies; Security Studies; Terrorism/Counterterrorism); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Minority Studies); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (General; Foreign Relations); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Imperialism; Terrorism/Counterterrorism)
Al-Talib, Dr. Hisham
(Vice President of Finance, International Institute of Islamic Thought) Herndon, VA
haltalib@iiit.org, 703-471-1133 x-103, www.iiit.org
Geographical focus: U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas: Basic Islam; Classical Islamic Era (History of Religion; History of Science; Islamic Philosophers; Just War Theory); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion); Education (Islamic Pedagogy; Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Just War Theory; Minority Studies)
Alwani, Dr. Zainab
(Adjunct Professor, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University) Washington, DC
zalwani@nvcc.edu, 703-926-3966
Geographical focus: U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas: Basic Islam; Classical Islamic Era (Andalusi Studies); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Minority Studies); Education (Islamic Philosophers; Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women's Studies (Women in Islam); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom;Minority Studies)
Anees, Dr. Munawar
(President,
Knowsys)
Tucson, AZ
dranees@compuserve.com, 301-907-0947
Geographical
focus:
South Asian
Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Classical Islamic Era (General; History of Science); Communications
(General;
Information Technology and Computing); Comparative Religion and
Interfaith
Relations (General; Andalusi Studies, Interfaith Relations); Cultural
Issues
(Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Education (General; Islamic
Philosophers);
Foreign Policy and International Affairs (General; Current Events);
Gender/Women's Studies (General; Sexuality Studies); Natural Sciences;
Medicine
and Health (General; History of Medicine)
Ayoob,
Prof. Mohammed
(Professor, Michigan State University)
ayoob@msu.edu, 517-353-3538
Geographical
focus:
Palestine/Israel; South Asian Studies; Turkish Studies
Policy
areas: Foreign
Policy and International Affairs (Democratization; Security Studies);
Political
Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Democratization; Foreign
Relations;
Islamism); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism and Imperialism
(Terrorism/Counterterrorism)
Ayoub,
Prof. Mahmoud
(Resident
Scholar, Hartford Seminary) Hartford, CT
mayoub@temple.edu, 860-570-6905
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Lebanon & Syria; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam; Classical Islamic Era (General; History of Religion;
Islamic Philosophers); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations
(General; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations); Education
(General, Classical Education in the Muslim World; Islamic Pedagogy;
Islamic Philosophers; Teaching About Islam); Islamic Law and
Jurisprudence (General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious
Freedom); Shi`a Islam; Sufism
Bagby, Prof. Ihsan
(Associate
Professor, University of Kentucky) Lexington, KY
iabagb2@uky.edu, 859-257-9638
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Minority Studies); Cultural Issues (Cultural Studies;
Ethnography;
Identity/Representation; Minority Studies); Gender/Women's Studies
(Women in
Islam)
Bakhtiar, Laleh 
(Author, Kazi
Publications) Chicago, IL
laleh@bakhtiar.org, 773-267-7002
www.sublimequran.org
Geographical
focus:
Iranian
Studies
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations);
Cultural
Issues (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Foreign Policy and
International
Affairs (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Gender/Women's Studies
(General;
Women in Islam); Natural Sciences, Medicine and Health
(Psychiatry/Mental
Health); Shi'a Islam; Sufism
Barazangi,
Dr. Nimat Hafez
(Research
Fellow, Cornell University) Ithaca, NY
nhb2@cornell.edu, 607-257-4199
www.eself-learning-arabic.cornell.edu
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Mediterranean Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Civil Society (General; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies);
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (General; Interfaith Relations);
Education
(General; Classical Education in the Muslim World; Madrassas; Teaching
About
Islam); Gender/Women's Studies (General; Women in Islam); Muslim
Languages and
Linguistics (General; Psycholinguistics)
Barlas, Prof. Asma
(Professor and
Program Director, Ithaca College)
abarlas@ithaca.edu, 607-274-3557
http://faculty.ithaca.edu/abarlas/
Geographical
focus:
Pakistan;
South Asian Studies
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Civil Society (Identity/Representation; Minority Studies); Comparative
Religion
and Interfaith Relations (Identity/Representation; Minority Studies);
Cultural
Issues (Development; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies);
Education
(Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women's Studies
(Identity/Representation; Women
in Islam)
Barzinji, Dr. Jamal
(Vice President,
International Institute of Islamic Thought) Herndon, VA
barzinji@iiit.org, 703-471-1133 x-110, www.iiit.org
Geographical
focus:
European
Muslims; Kurdish Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Business, Economics, and Development (Accounting; Business Ethics);
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion; Interfaith
Relations;
Minority Studies); Cultural Issues (Human Rights/Religious Freedom;
Minority
Studies); Education (Madrassas; Modern Education in the Muslim World;
Teaching
About Islam); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science
(Democratization)
Bechtold,
Prof. Peter K.
(President,
Bechtold Associates) Laurel, MD
pkb4@verizon.net, 301-776-4688, www.drbechtold.com
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; Palestine/Israel; Sudanese
Studies;
Turkish Studies
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Colonialism/Post Colonialism); Comparative Religion and
Interfaith
Relations (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative
Religion;
Minority
Studies); Cultural Issues (Ethnography); Foreign Policy and
International
Affairs (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization)
Blomfield,
Dr. Bridget
(Assistant
Professor, University of Nebraska) Omaha, NE
bblomfield@mail.unomaha.edu, 402-554-2940
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Classical Islamic Era (General; Just War Theory); Comparative Religion
and
Interfaith Relations (General; Comparative Religion); Cultural Issues
(Ethnography; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies); Education
(General;
Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs;
Gender/Women's
Studies (General; Identity/Representation; Women in Islam); Shi`a
Islam; Sufism
Bukhari, Dr.
Zahid H.
(Director, American
Muslim
Studies Program, Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding at Georgetown
University)
Washington, DC
zhb@georgetown.edu, 202-687-2947
http://cmcu.georgetown.edu
Geographical
focus:
European
Muslims; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies;
U.S.-Canadian
Muslims
Policy
areas:
Education
(Madrassas); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism
Bullock, Dr. Katherine H. 
(Vice
President, Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North
America)Mississauga,
ON
kathy@cy-tek.com, 301-907-0947
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Identity/Representation; Media);
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations);
Cultural
Issues (Identity/Representation); Education; Gender/Women's Studies;
Political
Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Islamism)
Butterworth,
Prof. Charles
(Professor
Emeritus, University
of Maryland)College Park, MD
cebworth@gvpt.umd.edu, 301-405-4110,
www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/butterworth/
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Palestine/Israel
Policy
areas:
Classical
Islamic Era (General; Islamic Philosophers); Comparative Religion and
Interfaith Relations (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative
Religion;
Interfaith Relations); Education (General; Islamic Philosophers);
Foreign
Policy and International Affairs (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict);
Political
Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Arab-Israeli Conflict);
Security,
Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict)
Chishti, Maliha 
(University of
Toronto)
Brampton, ON
maliha.chishti@gmail.com, 905-840-0572
Geographical
focus:
Central
Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Cultural
Issues (Development; Globalization); Foreign Policy and International
Affairs
(Development; Peace Studies); Gender/Women's Studies
Crane, Dr. Robert D.
(Director for
Global Strategy, The Abraham Federation)Washington, VA
transcendentlaw@aol.com, 312-402-0121, www.theamericanmuslim.org
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Islamic Law
and Jurisprudence (Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious
Freedom;
Identity/ Representation; Just War Theory; Minority Studies); Security,
Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Imperialism;
Terrorism/Counterterrorism); Sufism
Dakroury, Dr. Aliaa 
(Lecturer, Carlton
University) Ottawa, ON
adakrour@connect.carleton.ca,
613-520-2600 x-7408),
http://www.carleton.ca/sjc/facultystaff/dakroury.htm
Geographical
focus:
Arab Studies;
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Arts and
Literature (Identity/Representation; Media); Civil Society (Journalism;
Media);
Communications (Media); Cultural Issues (Identity/Representation; Pop
Culture);
Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Diaspora/Refugee Studies;
Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Media); Gender/Women's Studies (General;
Identity/Representation; Women in Islam); Human Rights (General; Human
Rights/Religious Freedom)
Denny, Prof. Frederick M. 
(Professor
Emeritus, University of Colorado)Boulder, CO
frederick.denny@colorado.edu, 303-530-4066
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (General; Comparative Religion;
Interfaith
Relations); Cultural Issues (Human Rights/Religious Freedom;
Identity/Representation); Human Rights (General; Human Rights/Religious
Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority Studies); Islamic Law and
Jurisprudence (General; Comparative Religion;
Human Rights/Religious
Freedom;
Identity/ Representation); Sufism
Douglass, Susan
(Education
Consultant,Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
sldamer@aol.com, 703-442-0638,
http://cmcu.georgetown.edu
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Education (General; Islamic Pedagogy; Teaching About Islam)
El-Tinay, Dr.
Hashim
(Founder &
President, Salam
Sudan Foundation) Washington, DC
SalamSudan@aol.com, 202-429-0222, www.IPQI2002.org
Geographical
focus:
Sub-Saharan
African Studies; Sudanese Studies
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations); Foreign
Policy and
International Affairs (General; Conflict Resolution; Democratization;
Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Peace Studies); Human Rights (Conflict
Resolution)
Entelis, Prof. John
(Professor,
Fordham University) Bronx, NY
entelis@fordham.edu, 718-817-3953
Geographical
focus: Maghreb
Studies
Policy areas: Civil Society; Foreign
Policy and
International Affairs (Democratization; Development); Political Islam,
Democracy, and Political Science
Esposito,
Prof. John
(Founding
Director, Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for
jle2@georgetown.edu, 202-687-8375,
http://cmcu.georgetown.edu
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Asian Studies; European Muslims; Gulf Studies; Indonesian
Studies;
Iranian Studies; South Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Turkish
Studies;
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (General; Comparative Religion;
Globalization; Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (Globalization;
Identity/Representation; Modernization); Education (Teaching About
Islam);
Foreign Policy and International Affairs (General; Current Events;
Democratization; Development); Political Islam, Democracy, and
Political
Science (General; Democratization; Foreign Relations; Islamism);
Security,
Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (General;
Terrorism/Counterterrorism)
Fareed, Dr. Muneer
(Secretary General,
Islamic Society of North America) Bloomfield Hills, MI
fareed56@msn.com, 248-332-7702,
www.muneerfareed.com
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Classical Islamic Era (History of Religion); Comparative Religion and
Interfaith Relations (Andalusi Studies; Interfaith Relations; Minority
Studies); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Ghazanfar, Prof. S.M. (Ghazi)
(Professor
Emeritus, University of Idaho) Moscow, ID
ghazi@uidaho.edu, 208-885-7144,
www.uidaho.edu/~ghazi/
Geographical
focus:
Asian
Studies
Policy
areas:
Business,
Economics, and Development (Development and Infrastructure; Economics);
Classical Islamic Era (Andalusi Studies; Historiography; History of
Science);
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Globalization;
Interfaith
Relations); Cultural Issues (Development; Human Rights/Religious
Freedom;
Identity/Representation); Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(Development); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Human
Rights/Religious Freedom)
Gray Henry-Blackmore, Virginia
grayh101@aol.com, 502-897-3641, www.fonsvitae.com
Geographical
focus:
None
Policy
areas:
Arts and
Literature (Media); Basic Islam; Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations
(General; Interfaith Relations); Sufism
Hamid, Dr. Hamada
(Director, Center
for Global Health, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding)
Clinton TWP, MI
hamadahamid@gmail.com, 203-688-3261, www.ispu.org
Geographical
focus:
Iraqi
Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Natural
Sciences, Medicine and Health (General; Psychiatry/Mental Health)
Hashem, Dr. Mazen
(Executive Director;
American
Center for Civilizational and Intercultural Studies) La Cañada,
CA
accis@accis.net, 818-541-1165
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Civil Society (General; Minority Studies); Gender/Women's Studies
(General;
Women in Islam); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science
(General;
Islamism)
Hermansen,
Prof. Marcia
(Professor,
Loyola
University) Chicago, IL
mherman@luc.edu, 773-508-2345,
homepages.luc.edu/~mherman/index.html
Geographical
focus:
Pakistan;
South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Arts and
Literature (Pop Culture); Basic Islam; Civil Society (General;
Identity/Representation); Classical Islamic Era (History of Religion);
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion;
Identity/Representation); Cultural Issues (Human Rights/Religious
Freedom;
Identity/Representation); Education (General; Classical Education in
the Muslim
World; Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women's Studies (Sexuality
Studies); Human
Rights (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
(Comparative Religion)
Jones, Prof. James
(Associate
Professor, Manhattanville College) New Haven, CT
jonesyahya@yahoo.com, 203-376-7189
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (General; Identity/Representation); Comparative Religion and
Interfaith
Relations (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion;
Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations); Foreign Policy and
International Affairs (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Conflict
Resolution;
Current
Events; Peace Studies); Gender/Women's Studies
(Identity/Representation);
Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Arab-Israeli
Conflict)
Kavakci, Dr. Merve
(Adjunct Faculty,
George
Washington University) Washington, DC
mervesk@yahoo.com, 202-431-0653,
http://www.mervekavakci.net/
Geographical
focus:
Sub-Saharan
African Studies; Turkish Studies
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society; Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Human
Rights/Religious
Freedom); Gender/Women's Studies (General; Women in Islam); Human
Rights
(General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation);
Political
Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (General; Democratization;
Islamism;
Political Science); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism
(Human Rights/Religious
Freedom)
Khan, Prof. Muqtedar A.
(Director of
Islamic Studies, University of Delaware) Newark, DE
muqtedar@yahoo.com, 302-831-1939, www.ijtihad.org
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; European Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian
Muslims
Policy
areas:
Classical
Islamic Era (Islamic Philosophers); Cultural Issues
(Identity/Representation;
Modernization); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Arab-Israeli
Conflict; Foreign Relations; Globalization); Islamic Law and
Jurisprudence
(Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Political Islam, Democracy, and
Political
Science (Democratization; Islamism); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism,
and
Imperialism (Just War Theory; Terrorism/Counterterrorism)
Kutty,
LL.B., LL.M., Faisal
(Attorney, KSM Law) Toronto, ON
faisal@ksmlaw.ca, 416-289-9666 x-28
www.ksmlaw.ca, www.faisalkutty.com
Geographical
focus:
Palestine/Israel; Southeast Asian Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Communications (General; Media); Cultural Issues; Foreign Policy and
International Affairs (Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War
Theory); Human
Rights (General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Islamic Law and
Jurisprudence
(General; Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Just
War
Theory); Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory)
Mazrui,
Prof. Ali A.
(Director,
Institute for Global Cultural Studies; Professor, Binghamton
University) Binghamton,
NY
amazrui@binghamton.edu, 607-777-4494
http://www.alimazrui.com/
Geographical
focus:
Sub-Saharan
African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas:
Communications (Globalization); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations
(Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations);
Cultural
Issues (Cultural Studies; Human Rights/Religious Freedom;
Modernization;
Nationalism); Education (Modern Education in the Muslim World); Foreign
Policy
and
International Affairs (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict
Resolution;
Democratization; Development)
McCloud, Prof.
Aminah
(Professor, DePaul
University) Chicago,
IL
amccloud@depaul.edu, 773-325-1290
http://condor.depaul.edu/~amccloud/
Geographical
focus:
Central
Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies;
U.S.-Canadian
Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Civil Society (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Media; Minority Studies);
Communications (Cinema and Film); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations
(Comparative Religion; Identity/Representation); Cultural Issues
(Cultural
Studies); Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Current Events; Diaspora/ Refugee
Studies);
Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Comparative Religion); Political Islam,
Democracy, and Political Science (General; Foreign Relations);
Security,
Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism;
Terrorism/ Counterterrorism)
Mohammed,
Prof. Khaleel
(Associate
Professor, San Diego State University)
khaleel.mohammed@sdsu.edu,
Geographical
focus:
Latin-American Muslims; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations);
Islamic
Law and Jurisprudence
Montville,
Joseph
(Adjunct Professor,
George Mason University) McLean, VA
jmontville3k@verizon.net,
703 845-9102
Geographical
focus: Palestine/Israel
Policy
areas:
Arts and
Literature (Andalusi Studies); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations
(Andalusi Studies; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Comparative Religion;
Interfaith
Relations); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Arab-Israeli
Conflict;
Conflict Resolution)
Musa,
Dr. Aisha
(Assistant
Professor, Florida International University)
amusa@fiu.edu,
305-348-2186, religion.fiu.edu/People/Faculty/musa.htm
Geographical
focus: Arab
Studies
Policy
areas:
Classical
Islamic Era (General; History of Religion; Just War Theory); Cultural
Issues
(General; Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Modernization); Education
(General;
Classical Education in the Muslim World; Modern Education in the Muslim
World;
Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Just
War
Theory); Gender/Women's Studies (General; Women in Islam); Islamic Law
and
Jurisprudence (General; Comparative Religion; Just War Theory)
Nadir, Dr. Aneesah
(President, Islamic
Social
Services Association—USA) Mesa, AZ
aneesahnadir@hotmail.com,
480-233-6547
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy areas:
Civil Society (Health; Minority Studies; Social Services); Comparative
Religion
and Interfaith Relations (Identity/Representation; Interfaith
Relations;
Minority Studies); Cultural Issues (General; Cultural Studies; Minority
Studies); Education (Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women’s Studies
(Women in
Islam); Natural Sciences, Medicine and Health (Psychiatry/Mental Health)
Nimer,
Dr. Mohamed
(Assistant Professor,
American
University) Washington, DC
nimer@american.edu, 202-895-4921
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; European Muslims; Lebanon & Syria; Mediterranean Studies;
Palestine/Israel; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Minority
Studies);
Cultural Issues (Minority Studies; Modernization; Nationalism) Foreign
Policy
and International Affairs (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Peace Studies); Human
Rights
(Arab-Israeli Conflict); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political
Science
(General; Arab-Israeli Conflict)
Nyang, Prof. Sulayman
(Professor,
Howard
University) Washington, DC
sulaymann@yahoo.com, 202-238-2311
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Identity/Representation;
Minority
Studies); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (General;
Identity/Representation; Interfaith Relations; Minority Studies);
Foreign
Policy and International Affairs (General; Development;
Diaspora/Refugee
Studies); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science
(Democratization; Foreign
Relations; Political Economy)
Payind,
Dr. Alam
(Director, Middle
East Studies Center, Ohio State University) Columbus, OH
Payind.1@osu.edu, 614-688-4321,
Geographical
focus:
Afghanistan;
Iranian Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations); Education
(Teaching
About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (Current
Events);
Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science
Safi, Prof. Louay M.
(Executive
Director, Islamic Society of North America, Leadership Development
Center) Plainfield,
IN
louay@isna.net, 317-839-8157, www.ildc.net
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Classical
Islamic Era (Islamic Philosophers); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations (Globalization; Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Modernization); Foreign Policy and
International
Affairs (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Democratization); Human Rights (Human
Rights/Religious Freedom); Islamic Law
and Jurisprudence (Human
Rights/Religious Freedom; Just War Theory); Political Islam, Democracy,
and
Political Science (Democratization; Islamism; Political Economy)
Schleifer,
Prof. Abdallah
(Distinguished
Professor,
The American University in Cairo) Cairo, Egypt
schleifer99@gmail.com,
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies, Palestine/Israel
Policy
areas:
Arts and
Literature (Media); Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations
(Interfaith
Relations); Cultural Issues (Modernization); Foreign Policy and
International
Affairs (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Media; Terrorism/Counterterrorism);
Human
Rights (Human Rights/Religious Freedom); Political Islam, Democracy,
and
Political Science (Arab-Israeli Conflict; Foreign Relations; Islamism);
Security, Terrorism, Colonialism and Imperialism (Arab-Israeli
Conflict,
Colonialism/Post-Colonialism); Sufism
Shafiq, Prof. Muhammed
(Executive
Director, Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, Nazareth College)
cisd@naz.edu, 585-442-6893, www.naz.edu/dept/cisd
Geographical
focus:
South Asian
Studies
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion; Interfaith
Relations);
Education (Classical Education in the Muslim World; Madrassas; Teaching
About
Islam)
Shahrani,
Prof. M. Nazif
(Chairman,
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University)
Bloomington, IN
Shahrani@indiana.edu, 812-855-4858,
www.indiana.edu/~afghan
Geographical
focus:
Afghanistan;
Central Asian Studies
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Colonialism/Post-Colonialism); Cultural Issues (Ethnography;
Identity/Representation; Modernization; Nationalism); Education (Modern
Education in the Muslim World); Foreign Policy and International
Affairs
(Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Democratization; Development; State
Formation;
Terrorism/ Counterterrorism); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political
Science; Security, Terrorism, Colonialism, and Imperialism
(Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Imperialism; Security Studies;
Terrorism/Counterterrorism)
Shanavas, Dr. T.O. 
(Vice
President, Islamic Research Foundation, Inc.) Adrian, MI
shanavas@comcast.net, 517-263-6733
Geographical
focus:
None
Policy
areas:
Natural
Sciences, Medicine and Health (Evolution)
Sonn,
Prof. Tamara 
(William R. Kenan,
Jr., Professor of Humanities, College of William and Mary)
Williamsburg, VA
txsonn@wm.edu, 757-221-2181, www.wm.edu
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Latin-American Muslims; Pakistan; South Asian Studies
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Minority Studies); Classical Islamic Era (History of Religion;
Just
War Theory); Cultural Issues (Minority Studies); Comparative Religion
and
Interfaith Relations (Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations);
Education
(Madrassas; Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International
Affairs
(Just War Theory); Human Rights (General; Minority Studies); Islamic
Law and
Jurisprudence (Comparative Religion; Human Rights/Religious Freedom;
Just War
Theory; Minority Studies)
Stanizai, Jahan
(Marriage and Family
Therapist) Los
Angeles, LA
310-815-1451
Geographical
focus:
Afghanistan
Policy
areas: Civil
Society (Health; Social Services); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations (Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (Modernization);
Education
(Teaching About Islam); Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(Conflict
Resolution; Diaspora/Refugee Studies); Gender/Women's Studies (Women in
Islam);
Political Islam, Democracy, and Political Science (Democratization)
Stanizai, Dr.
Zaman
(Faculty,
Pacifica
Graduate Institute) Los Angeles, LA
ZStanizai@aol.com, 310-815-1451
Geographical
focus:
Afghanistan;
Central Asian Studies; Iranian Studies; Pakistan; South Asian Studies
Policy areas: Comparative Religion and
Interfaith Relations (General;
Interfaith Relations); Cultural Issues (General; Minority Studies;
Nationalism); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (General;
Colonialism/Post-Colonialism; Conflict Resolution; Current Events;
Democratization;
Peace Studies); Muslim Languages and Linguistics; Political Islam,
Democracy,
and Political Science; Sufism
Sullivan, Prof. Antony
(Director,
Minaret
of Freedom Institute) Ann Arbor, MI
atsullivan4321@comcast.net, 734-996-2535,
www.minaret.org
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Mediterranean Studies; Lebanon & Syria; Palestine/Israel
Policy
areas:
Comparative
Religion and Interfaith Relations (General; Arab-Israeli Conflict;
Interfaith
Relations); Foreign Policy and International Affairs (General;
Arab-Israeli
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Current Events); Security, Terrorism,
Colonialism, and Imperialism
Swick,
Sarah
(American
University)[currently
in Saudi Arabia]
swick_s@yahoo.com, (011) 966-546967637
Geographical
focus:
European
Muslims; Gulf Studies; Maghreb Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Cultural
Issues (General; Cultural Studies; Development; Ethnography;
Globalization;
Human Rights/Religious Freedom; Identity/Representation; Minority
Studies;
Nationalism; Pop Culture); Foreign Policy and International Affairs
(Diaspora/Refugee Studies; Transnationalism); Gender/Women's Studies
Syeed,
Dr. Sayyid
(National Director,
Islamic
Society of North America) Washington, DC
ssyeed@aol.com, 202-544-5656, http://www.isna.net/
Geographical
focus:
South Asian
Studies; U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Basic Islam;
Comparative Religion and Interfaith Relations (Interfaith Relations);
Muslim
Languages and Linguistics (General; Sociolinguistics)
Voll, Prof. John
(Associate Director,
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at
Georgetown
University)
Washington, DC
vollj@georgetown.edu, 202-687-8375
http://cmcu.georgetown.edu
Geographical
focus:
Arab
Studies; Asian Studies; Sub-Saharan African Studies
Policy
areas:
Classical
Islamic Era (History of Religion); Comparative Religion and Interfaith
Relations (General; Comparative Religion; Interfaith Relations);
Cultural
Issues (General; Modernization; Nationalism); Foreign Policy and
International
Affairs (Democratization); Political Islam, Democracy, and Political
Science
(Islamism); Sufism
Zine, Dr. Jasmin 
(Assistant
Professor,
Wilfred Laurier University) Waterloo, ON
jzine99@yahoo.com, 416-754-2373
Geographical
focus:
U.S.-Canadian Muslims
Policy
areas:
Civil
Society (Identity/Representation; Minority Studies); Cultural Issues
(Ethnography; Globalization; Identity/Representation; Minority
Studies);
Education (Islamic Philosophers; Madrassas; Modern Education in the
Muslim
World; Teaching About Islam); Gender/Women's Studies
(Identity/Representation;
Women in Islam); Human Rights (Identity/Representation; Minority
Studies)